Talking to my 21 yr-old daughter about her day, to discover we'd both been working with accounts. She in her government job working with electronic records for company finances... and me at home paying the phone bill, etc.
Honestly, I don't much care for this job! My enthusiasm was apparently showing...
"Mother, do you remember when I was little and was starting to read. The whole page was filled with gobbledygook. But with some help, and patience on your part, I began to recognise one word and then another until the whole page came alive. From the day I can remember you had us reading everything...even "Robinson Crusoe" at age 11, which I hated! You told me I had to understand it, even if I didn't like it or make a life career with it.
Well, it's the same with accounts. Some people never put in the discipline to understand money and so they are always in money-trouble. Others love it so much they make career choices and become accountants & financial planners. You may not have made a career choice for accounts, Mother, but you are empowered by the understanding you have.
...You know where you've been.
...You know where you are going.
...You know where you are right now.
And with that knowledge you can start micro businesses in Africa with a little money, sponsor children, or become a world famous architect and do something much greater for the African children.
Oh dear!...I think all the dreams of my heart just tumbled out!"
My heart swells... love that girl!
She standing on the threshold of making those dreams a reality
Me smiling as I listen to myself falling out of her mouth, ...bills all paid.
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"1000 Gifts"...
#109 A phone call from my darling at lunchtime
#110 A florist walking up to my door
#111 Help from a kind daughter with my IT issues
#112 Kids dropping by the supermarket for me
#113 New slippers just in time for this cold snap
#114 My '1000 gifts' list on the fridge reminding me
#115 The Chronological Bible Reading Programme we've joined
#116 A new more-positive approach to the accounts :)
