A bit of a break

  I've just had a week off. Part of it was spent with my two sisters and my brother in law at Bowen town Motor Camp at Waihi Beach. It was a great weekend together. I am very grateful that i have family to enjoy good times with - and to share the not so good times as well. One of the highlights was a walk on Sunday morning along the beach and back along the street. There was this amazing street lined with banksia trees and every one of them had a tui singing in it. It was just one of those incredible moments. We kept stopping to drink in the sound. For me it was like the church of creation with the tuis offering back to God the gifts of their song. Fantastic. The weekend was also full of laughter and silly things – important times to share.

 

 On the Saturday night we went out for dinner –my birthday – my choice. I suggested we went to a particular restaurant – my reasoning was it was on the beach and we could enjoy the view while dinning. We all agreed that would be great – none of us taking the time to think that we were going out at night and couldn’t see the sea any way. It struck us all how easy it is to go along with something that sounds right. How many times in history have we gone along with something because it sounded right without critically examining it? – I just very glad I didn’t follow the suggestion – to ring up the sailing club and ask them if we could see the sea from their restaurant if we came for dinner. They would have probably replied yes but only with night goggles.