Marley and Me

If there's one movie which has made me cried the most, it's this one. 

Updates

The pictures are not in order, just randomly dumped them all. Went to Vic for the weekend to visit the OCF centres there and the leaders too and it was an enriching one and i really thank God for that although i came back with fever and a throat infection (some ppl are claiming that its post-melb blues and im missing melb already..haha)

Came back and realised too that it was time we did something about the stack of dried leaves in the car port. We've been procastinating in cleaning them up but yea, finally realised that we better clear them up before it starts raining making them more 'annoying'. And so, the brother and i set out to clean them up and i realised that hey, its something that we probably wont get to do in Malaysia. And instead of clearing up snow, we're removing stack loads of dried leaves. In one of the pictures above, you would've noticed how our pagola thingy is like almost naked...so yea, you can imagine how much leaves we collected.

and yes, it has been raining the past few days, feels like we're back under tropical weather..oh, such joy.. :)

Received a book as a gift the other day and i'm really drawn to it. Its a shepherds perspective on Psalm 23. I'm currently also reading Wild at Heart again. ..to see what i missed last time. 

Food for thought

Adapted from Tim Hughes' blog at worshipcentral.org

Qualities of a leader

Sir Alex Ferguson is arguably one of footballs greatest managers, winning more trophies than any other manager in the history of the English game with Manchester United. On a plane out to the States, I was reading an interview with Ferguson where he was asked about the 3 most important qualities of a leader. He responded saying the 3 keys were...
1. Control
2. Managing change
3. Observation
I was really interested in these. There's lots to learn here.

1. Control - how are we leading, inspiring and developing our teams? Are we clear in the way we lead, in the authority entrusted to us? Team dynamics can go horribly wrong when there is no clear leadership.

2. Managing change - how do we keep growing teams, raising up leaders, pushing on in to new things? Any leader that settles is in real trouble. To keep at the top of your game you need to manage change and allow new ideas to flourish.

3. Observation - attention to detail is so vital. Keeping a close watch on what's going on all around, listening closely to what others are saying and acting wisely on it is always essential to great leadership. There are no short cuts here - leadership involves hard work and a constant watch on all that's going on.