Take time to listen.

Hi there,

How's your day going?
I hope that it's going well rather that you've had a good day.
I've been experimenting with bread, and I have  had 2 attempts of making sour dough, one with dismal, results, and one, that I think will work.
It's always fun and daunting when you're experimenting with ideas and formulas to come up with a new bread.


However I am getting off topic again, today I am going to talk about, taking time to listen.
In a world where we live pretty much instantly, we get instant food, coffee, tea, net-flix, Internet on fibre. We can get anything, delivered to our door, without going out. we can get Uber drivers to pick us up, and drop us off, we can get take away coffees and we can get Insta gram photos of dogs on beaches.




We are living in a world, that doesn't take the time to listen and if we do, it's some what negative


What do we need to do, so that we can be a person, that changes this standard, and stand up for others.

I was once driving past in my car, and I saw a man, who was begging, and something made him sad. It touched me so much I drove around and brought him subway, and I was trying to find him, but, I couldn't. Someone helped him, and got him the help that he needed.

I felt guilty, that I was ''eating'' his subway, but he was no where to be seen. I saw him again yesterday, and I couldn't stop in the flow of traffic.

And it's convicting me, that something isn't right in this city that we live in.


We can blame the government, but what will they do in our city or for it?

Jesus always said ''you'll always have the poor.''  it might not be the best ''marketing'' tool out there, but we do need to look out for others, not just ourselves.

What do we need to do?

Well a well known proverb, goes ''those who can't teach.'' what do I mean by this?

Handling out food, is a good we all need to do it, but what if we can be a solution to the problem?

What if we teach people some basic skills to feed themselves?
What if we get some people like what Jamie Oliver did, take 15 at risk people, and put them through training and be part of his amazing scheme of feeding people?
What do you get?
People who lacked confidence, now, feeding people in one of the toughest hospo trades out there.


And I think South Dunedin is a great place to start?

Why?


Low social economical people.


A friend once told me,that food has goten so expensive, that people are having chip sandwiches, for their dinner.



No luxury of meat, no veggies, no protein, just that for their dinner.


So taking the time to listen, heals many things.
It makes you approachable.
It makes you compassionate,
It makes you valued.

It doesn't subtract, rather it puts you as an equal to people.






If we all take time to listen to people, the world would be a better place.

Chloe