I’ve noticed there has been a rumour going around that
I recently had a birthday. Some have congratulated me on turning 60 but I
thought 40 was closer to the truth. I rang my mum just to clarify my age but
being 95 she couldn’t quite recall? Some, acting on the rumour, were quite
insensitive to my circumstance and sent me disturbing cards reminding me that I
had entered a new phase of life called old age and becoming a senior. I am
still in denial about the whole experience and can’t wait for Christmas to have
something else to think about and celebrate because I see nothing celebratory,
if it’s true, in being half a century old! Just as well I’m not a grandfather
because then I’d really be having a crisis!
Hilery was however sensitive to my circumstance and
secretly, at least to me, organised a surprise holiday for my ‘special’
birthday - a week in
There’s always a downside to a holiday however as the
airline pilot implied as we touched down in
One thing that I did not enjoy on holiday was the
predominance of idol worship with small offerings being made to various gods.
The small offering parcels of food, in specially made flax baskets, were left
everyday and everywhere; in doorways, on the footpath, on the road and on the
beach. Our reality of believing in the One, true and living God is incomparable
and a privilege worthy of our deepest devotion.
Considering early retirement,
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