Oy Vey!!

Yesterday, being the 1st of October, I sent my monthly Newsletter to my mailing list, with a link to this blog and ..... I made a spelling error!!!! So, if you managed to get to this blog via my email, then congratulations to you. You are obviously a number of steps ahead of me but .... beware, I'll catch up sooner or later.

The repetitive issue that kept popping up during the last two weeks - and perhaps in my mishap as well - is the role of co-incidences in all our lives. Firstly, I don't believe in accidents. It takes incredible planning, co-ordinating, strategising, synchronising, and all other procedures to ensure that a minimum of two objects/people/incidents meet at the same place and time. I mean, let's be totally analytical about this. Co-incidence literally means that two incidents coincide. Check it out on http://www.wikipedia.org/ and decide for yourself. In our local lingo Afrikaans, it is called toevallig and when you break this word up it suggests toe (then) val (fell) lig (light). Need I say more??

I have noticed in my life - and more clearly so in the lives of those around me - that when any two incidents happen simultaneously, they are connected. The manner in which I apply this in practical terms is to take careful note of the common denominator in both occurrences and then to connect these dots. Generally both of these have me as the common denominator and with one of them being obvious, the other is normally concealed. The work then lies in uncovering the hidden side, and I am not going to kid you here ... it takes brutal honesty and objectivity - easy to achieve outwardly and very difficult to do so inwardly.

A natural progression from this point leads me to the fact that invariably the truth of the matter is that perhaps I was wrong!!! Most of us will then fall off the old wagon and say - What do you mean, I was wrong? It is a fact that most of us will die for the right to be right!!!! Being right means that you can never be wrong and if you are never wrong, then you cannot correct your actions. Imagine what kind of a world this would be if none of us can take a step back, re look previous actions, correct them and move forward; wiser and better equipped for the next step.

So, here goes ... I have made a mistake with the spelling of this web address. I admit it, will attempt not to do it again and I'm ready to move on. My most dedicated teacher in this matter is my son, Ockert. He was away in Kenya for a three month project and returned home late last week. I have taken the liberty of posting a picture taken earlier today just because I can. It was taken while he sat on my desk chatting about this exact topic; how very appropriate!!

Have a splendid weekend and I'll visit again soon.