continuing the day....

i'm feeling quite buzzing at the minute i'll post a link in a bit

but back to the poor... earlier today i did something i don't usually do but did so as part of my reflection... i went to the library... public space quiet warm it attracts all sorts... i had some copying that i had to do to prepare something by hand to be copied ... seems everyone has to be in the library on a monday afternoon ... and the poor is no exception ... this might be seen as a worthwhile place to be to catch up on stuff read the paper.... but though this both fills the day and adds interest .. i was struck by how public it is everyone knows your business whether it's folks staring over your shoulder at the internet everyone interrupts too crashing into your chair sitting next to you there is little ... in contemporary britain the poorer you are the more folks knows your business and interrupts your development... still the highlight turned out to be someone putting too much money in the photocopier before me one grasps these moments these tiny gifts that means the coins are still in your pocket... not having your own space your own private internet space curtails what you can do .. and i don't mean stuff you shouldn't be doing.... you can't quite relax to get what you need ... there are quite a few regular faces one sees people in poor to middle condition quirky there is almost but not quite a community people really do not speak to eachother the silence smothers the proximity censors interferes with ..

i'm reminded of a conversation i had recently... you can warm to people quite quickly ! i was talking to somebody who had spent some time in the slums in india. they weren't the only one there were other western travellers there too... they spoke about how narrow the alleyways were and how open everything was people's tiny dwellings open for all passers by to see into some colleagues had no compunction about taking photographs right into people's front rooms without asking ... this upset my companion... it upset me too

i'm also reminded of the poor area and all the build for the poor social housing limited space yes there's net curtains doors and walls but the walls are pretty thin... everyone knows eachother's business.. one day i was on a balcony all of a sudden on another balcony people came out and the next minute there was the unmistakable strong smell of skunk no escape from your neighbours ...

a notice board that advertises things going on is sparse there really is not a lot that can be offered to folks with little resources and little personal space to try things out lives shrunk out of their potential....  i say this with some conviction but also note there is a wealthier area nearby but all the dwellings too are pretty small like everyone wants to live there....

ah yes so me ending up in a cafe to further what i was doing...

i finally get round to some cafe church.... someone heads upped:


whatever you think of Bill Johnson and what is going on in Bethel... something outrageous.... GOD wants us to ask for more.......

oh and i did like this wow!



GOD BLESS!

Peace and Love,