It’s been a good day. I got good news from the doctor. A person I asked to be my accountability person said yes. I successfully booked locations for retreats and seminars. I encouraged someone with a simple phonecall. The youth group have just left after a really great night – although the house needs a bit of tidying!!

Usually I do not like Mondays. Boomtown Rat’s ‘I don’t like Monday’s‘ has always been a favourite song of mine that I have related to on a different level. Yes – I do still have an original vinyl copy; but I don’t have the ‘technology’ to play it anymore! Bizarre!

Tonight with the youth group we played the Trading Trainers game which we downloaded from the CAFOD site.

To be honest, I was a bit cynical about this role playing game, but the young people got into it and it really did give them a sense (even though small) at the great injustice of the trade world to those in places like Peru. It again reminded them of why we need to do something about Poverty – for good!

AS I looked around the room at the group we have I was struck by the amount of energy and potential that we had under one roof. The amount of transformational energy contained in this group is massive; and yet they need old people like Sarah, Wendy and myself to draw their attention to that, to believe in them, to encourage them and point out to them that they can make difference.

I wonder if the only thing that holds these young people back is their own disbelief in their potential?