The 'New' Year - Pt 2

Thirdly, and I am quite ashamed of this, myself and Ness finally went away to London for our Wedding Anniversary a couple of weeks ago (hence the picture of us on the London Eye..'champagne flight' as they call it no less.)We went to see Cirque Du Soleil at the 02, great visually, story...didn't have a clue. Saturday we did the Eye (really good especially the champagne except to say our host was a French student called Ryan, really nice guy, until he told me he was a Portsmouth fan...at which point I wanted to eject him from the capsule...only joking!! On the evening we went to a pre-show dinner followed by seeing Grease, but the great thing was just being able to spend time with each other.

So this year it is my aim to bring a balance to what can often be a hectic existence, as I know life is for many...to spend time with the people that really matter, Ness, Alicia and James. As the saying goes no one on their death bed wishes they spent more time in the office. Time is the one thing we don't get a second bite at, so my aim is to use it wisely and effectively.

Finally this phrase has been going round in my mind for a couple of days now, and it is a line from Dickens 'A Christmas Carol / Scrooge' where the ghost of Marley turns to Scrooge and rebukes him when he is trying to justify his attitude to life ie) greed, money and selfishness, by stating 'mankind should have been our business.'

As I look to the rest of 2008 I pray that I will not be so self absorbed as to miss the point of life, to reach out to others, to love, to be real but more importantly to follow the best example that ever was...Jesus, the way, truth and life.

Andy