All I want for Christmas..
..is… well there were a number of things I wanted for Christmas, and in terms of the physical things on that list I pretty much got most of them, so thanks very much family and friends! My list included the iphone, and that’s quite a surprise for me because I don’t normally go too much for gadgets. In the past I have resisted the buzz that can surround some of the more trendy consumer products. In the form vs function debate I have certainly been a ‘function’ devotee. But even though it comes out of Apple, I would maintain that the iphone is actually a triumph for function that has the benefit of genius in form (and not the othher way round). But I think that debate is for another blog.
In terms of non-material things, they are much harder to find. In fact, as I get older I find that the things I want in life are more elusive. These are things like: hope, vision, purpose. To find such things is a rare and wonderful occurance. I am on the hunt for all of them; and like a hunter in a dense forest, I see glimpses of the prey from time to time. I am on the look out for these things in work, in family, church and life in general. Recently a young man who knew as a boy wrote to me and challenged me to ‘dream again’. It’s a stark and frightening thought, and his comments really hit the mark. I know that these prizes don’t come cheaply; they do require that I stick my neck out again, inconvenience myself again, step out and dream again.
Well thats what it takes. You either try for the prize, or withdraw and keep your head down. Nothing necessarily wrong with the latter, but it wont give you vision and purpose, it will just give you somewhere to hide. I don’t think I want to hide. I think I want to dream again. The start of the new year marks a very good time to resolve to do this.
2009? Bring it on!
