tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post6780692859066595424..comments2024-03-17T09:17:01.454+00:00Comments on Vic the Vicar!: Journal: Week Off - day oneVic Van Den Berghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-47971914795442061692017-01-24T06:53:03.502+00:002017-01-24T06:53:03.502+00:00I do hope that you actually get some down time. I ...I do hope that you actually get some down time. I know it's hard, but saying NO is something we all need. I find it hard to do, with a much lesser role in terms of content than you do as a parish priest - but I still at times find my diary fuller than it was even when I was working.<br /><br />This week, I have three meetings (must attend) all in the evening, a Parish Lunch Club, which clashes with a mandatory eye appointment and people who I normally take to and from events and services will have to make other arrangements on that day. <br /><br />Today, I attend a community coffee morning (Deanery based) a weekly commitment, which I value highly, only missed if I am meeting my SD in Canterbury - here the needy, vulnerable and loners come to meet, be fed and watered and nourished with food, drink, social chat and even some prayer and music. Sometimes we are overwhelmed by people's needs - but we strive to meet them. It's not charity, it's love and respect for human dignity, which is often missing in their lives.<br /><br />I also have reading to do (5 books) for my LLM Trg restarting this Saturday, and my Saturdays between now and March (and two mid-week evenings) are taken up with that. When will I have time for family? God knows, and somehow it all works out.<br /><br />Be good to yourself.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.com