tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397377665790588556.post8139290084599457196..comments2022-12-13T13:51:09.590+00:00Comments on Wool gathering of a northern dean: Four Days by the SeaAquiloniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15098649175728796819noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397377665790588556.post-50836940321442325872012-07-29T11:27:22.209+01:002012-07-29T11:27:22.209+01:00Thanks for these wise comments. I think that the ...Thanks for these wise comments. I think that the spirituality of waiting needs to be explored much more deeply in an age of instant communication, speedy decision-making, rapid outcomes and easy gratification. De Sales would help us to live fully in the present, as we have to do when reality is tough and painful, as UKViewer says so movingly. But to live that way, when we cannot turn events to the ends we would like, is to learn how to wait for God, which means we must never lose our hope in the future that we believe God is working to achieve. I am trying to learn this.Aquiloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15098649175728796819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397377665790588556.post-73094326380015983292012-07-27T08:12:19.504+01:002012-07-27T08:12:19.504+01:00"Desire nothing, refuse nothing" is a be..."Desire nothing, refuse nothing" is a beautifully succinct way of saying something Lionel Blue once told me: Be generous, but always accept the generosity of others gratefully.Richard Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397377665790588556.post-46432612119875331072012-07-25T17:14:07.876+01:002012-07-25T17:14:07.876+01:00Thanks for a thoughtful reflection on being a pati...Thanks for a thoughtful reflection on being a patient. I know about waiting around, but as the spouse of a patient, who has undergone serious surgical procedures on her brain, four times in the last ten years. She has been very stoic over the need for the treatment, while I've had to learn to place my anxieties at the foot of the cross to allow me to focus.<br /><br />Her last operation was 18 months ago, and so far, seems to have worked. But she remains under review every 6 months, which could be ongoing for a while to come.<br /><br />I can remember the waiting for the operations, the waiting while she was in surgery, the waiting while she was in recovery and the delight when she awoke sufficiently to know me and to whisper I love you, despite her discomfort. Waiting for this should be a time of anxiety, but latterly, with prayer and hope and sitting quietly in a stark utilitarian hospital chapel seemed to provide an answer. I wan't along, someone was waiting alongside me. Holding and comforting me. Trust in God, prayer for outcomes best for my spouse seemed to be the right combination.<br /><br />I have huge respect for this part of the NHS, whose work is so underrated by government - other area's need improvement. Particularly Primary Care. Having received a notification that I needed to attend a Well Man clinic, I trooped off to get the blood tests needed as a pre-requisite for the clinic, only some 5 months later, still have been unable to make an appointment with the appropriate healthcare professional. He works part-time in a major combined GP practice covering half of our South East London Borough. Frustrating, but more waiting borne patiently.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.com