Letters To My Children

Dear M, M and M Thinking about this, a lovely true story I heard a long time ago comes to mind. Here goes. A priest was celebrating his 50th Anniversary of Ordination. For this occasion he had invited his personal friend, Richard Burton, to come and recite his favourite Psalm 23. Richard Burton agreed to do this on the condition that the priest would also recite it after him.  At the appointed time, Richard Burton stood and proclaimed the popular Psalm with such oratorical mastery the congregation immediately applauded. And then this humble pastor stood up and began to recite, from heart, this beloved Psalm. After he had finished his not nearly so professional recitation, the congregation was in awe, and some moved to tears.  Someone in the front pew with Richard Burton leaned over and asked him, "Why did people loudly applaud you and yet were silently moved by the pastor?" Burton replied, "Because I know the Psalm, but he knows the Shepherd."...

Dear M, M &M This has been the hardest blog post to write this week... The creative juice is gone, but for my own sake and for the commitment,  I have to find inspiration and share some thoughts... and just as I was putting you to bed today, the word ' PROCESS' crossed my mind... and i thought why is ' PROCESS'  so important, what is the big deal about  ' PROCESS' ? Why does Papa keep saying, 'Submit to the process?' One of my most inspiring quotes growing up has been 'you never get a chick by breaking an egg ' ... (selah!) You know why? Because when you force it out of the egg, the chick will die, because it did not have a chance to go through its natural ' PROCESS'  to get into the world. It, therefore, got me thinking, as you guys go through life, you will have to go through different unique cycles of life. For instance,  when it comes to education, you have to start from the most basic place, learn how to say kind wo...