[Magdalen] Life's challenges

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Well, you go to every church event and say exactly what you would like them
to do to help you, and they will help.

I need a truck and a crew to load xyz and deliver it to mno.  If you have a
truck or would volunteer for the crew please talk to <name, phone> who is
coordinating this.

If you ask them to help, they will help to the extent they can, and no, you
don't get to second guess who can and cannot be asked.



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 1:24 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Start!  Ah, there's the rub.  If it weren't for the last minute, nothing
> would get done.  Good advice, though, which I'll try to listen to.  The
> world doesn't care that this is also Lent with three sermons to write and
> Lenten Study to lead and Stations and and and.
>
> I know that there are much more serious challenges facing people on this
> list and those dear to them.  Real life and death challenges against which
> my problems pales.  And I do lift up prayers for our friends and neighbours
> in this place.  But I do know that I have a great load of high stress
> situations I've been carrying around: maintaining a unfailingly pleasant
> manner with Jim these last two and a half years as the divorce proceeds,
> the usual round of deaths and family concerns, our priest leaving and St.
> Peter's facing a really uncertain future, the concussion (still no taste or
> smell and a headful of white noise), and now this next huge challenge.
>
> Anyway, it helps me to talk, so thanks for listening and thanks for your
> kind comments.  I'm not a solitary person (ENFP) and I hate hate hate that
> I have to make this cosmic change alone without someone  being part of it.
> Still, it could be worse,  I know that, and I AM strong.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
> On 2/26/2015 1:06 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
>
>> I think the important thing is to start now and work on it everyday, not
>> thinking about "how will I get this done?" There is no point in thinking
>> of
>> the impossible.  One does not do the entire thing, for that cannot be done
>> in one act.  All we can do is one box at a time. One shelf at a time. One
>> drawer at a time.
>>
>> And resist the urge to rush.  Rushing means eventually something gets
>> broken and someone sprains an ankle and the hard work becomes even harder.
>>
>> But start now. Not tomorrow --  Now. Don't rush, but start now.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
>> better
>> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your
>> time
>> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  From: Marion Thompson
>>>
>>>   I really am not ready for this and will surely need prayers for
>>> strength
>>>
>>>> and fortitude.
>>>>
>>>>  Oy -- short notice for lots of stuff. A wrenching challenge to be sure.
>>>
>>> Maybe you could hire someone with a truck and crew to take out everything
>>> that's yours and place it in an economic self-storage room? Then when you
>>> move, you can retrieve things like books and bookcases as you get
>>> settled.
>>>
>>> Jim Guthrie
>>>
>>>
>