Letters from the Equator

 

3 suitcases. 60kg.
1 knapsack.
1 camera bag.
1 ladies’ handbag.

I’m not sure I can fit the September issue of Topgear. I heard it’s got a review of the latest Ford RS (300bhp in a 2L engine?!).

I’m going to miss my GHM family. I’ll miss the children I teach on Fridays and Saturdays. They’re such fun and I really learn from them as much as I am teaching.

I know kids are intelligent. I don’t speak baby talk like “do you want to mum-mum”. A friend-couple’s 15 month old baby loves to press buttons - remote controls, ATMs, keyboards, you name it. He’s not supposed to, and he knows it. At 15 months, he can distinguish what’s right and wrong, and learns discipline and obedience.

Kids are intelligent, bright, and have such potential. But they need all the help they can get to be the best that they can be. So let’s give it up for children. They’re a blessing in our often cold and convoluted world.

Anyway, the children grabbed a whole bunch of stuff we wanted to give away. Decorative cups, led flashlight, clothes, sandals, coasters, journals, little knick knacks.

I’m reminded of an article I wrote recently about giving. Sometimes I wonder how we justify how much we own and how much we lose. But really - there’s no point about it. If you own something that you don’t enjoy - is that really owning? If you give away something that cost you more money but means more to someone else, who really deserves to own it more?

Giving helps break down those boundaries. And I know money isn’t always part of that equation. Because money comes and goes. Relationships shouldn’t.

And that’s the thing I’ll miss most - my family and friends. I’ll miss the boardgames, the conversations and the fun stuff we do together. I’m hoping the future will be brighter, and that there’ll be more chances to meet then.

So that’s my hope, that the future will be brighter. That there will be more hope for all of us. That I’ll have good things to report to everyone.

Our flight leaves tomorrow night at 8pm. I’ll need the rest I can get now.

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