Hello everyone,
I was just looking at Mike Schluter's notes and I could not help but reflect on what had been happening in the past few weeks of violent crime on adolescents by adolescents. For those who have not heard of the damning UNICEF report, do look it up at
http://www.unicef.org.uk/press/ news_detail.asp?news_id=890
Amidst all the wealth of London, the children here are last in the league table! Guess, wealth cannot buy us healthy relationships!
I did a test the other day - made up my mind to speak to two total stranges at the bus-stop! Both of them were mature ladies. The other time I tried with a working guy, he grunted a few short answers, and left it at that! I often use the traffic situation and the bus services as my starting point. Do try it. Found out that this lady was once a Mormon and now goes to the local Catholic Church. The other lady talked about the weather. Just snippets of strangers that kind of tells me that this estranged silence in the bus is unnatural for many of us! I guess God made us to be relating people, however, that urge must be stronger in women! Hurray for you gals! That could explain the lower rates of suicide! Guys, you have got a long way to go! I never understood why Jan and Feb months are the most depressing months and where most crimes are also committed. Now I do...
Chin up everyone, and do call up someone you have not spoken to for a while, and bless them today!
R equals wealth!!! God bless the Jubilee Centre.
Andrew C