January 17, 2005

• Yew Seen and his wife have been away 15 years – emigrated down under to
  Sydney with the whole family in a move that caught many of us by
  surprise. Pleasant enough reunion of sorts catching up over dinner with
  some old friends to reminisce and talk about what’s been happening
  since. The exchange would have been familiar: “Hey, you haven’t changed one bit!” and “So, this is your wife? Wow, your kids - how old are they?”  

  The man has gone on to start and pastor a church –
  into the seventh year now - after finding his second wind. We heard
  about the couple’s spiritual pilgrimage, and how Yew Seen came to terms
  with his calling. “I thought I had enough of being a church leader
  and elder. I just wanted to settle down in a church and be an
  ‘ordinary’ Christian,” he said. But events conspired to keep that thought from grasp.

  I can understand the sentiment. God knows how many
  times I have felt like walking off to just settle down into an
  invisible existence, and be erm, ‘ordinary.’

  During a conversation with a friend talking about
  the many things that I am doing, I was asked if I ever felt
  ‘fragmented.’ Hmm, that’s food for thought. There’s a lot of things
  happening right now (possibly wearing too many hats); while I can’t say
  everything’s rosy, there is nevertheless a sense of
  fulfillment. It’s an interesting place to be in. I’ll just have to
  learn to keep my focus.

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