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Getting There
Riding Without Training Wheels
Personal Development
Up one levelIncreasing our capacity to do and to be all we desire.
Leaders Are Learners
Our experiences with formal education greatly influence our approach to learning. Here learning is often defined as acquiring more information about a certain subject in order to produce the right answers to questions and problems. Most of us have been students at some stage of our lives and know the pressure of assignment deadlines and studying for exams. We have memories of intense study before an exam and late nights completing assignments just before they are due. These techniques are often sufficient to get us through academic studies, but are totally inadequate to meet the challenges of daily living.
Getting There
Isn’t it great when God speaks to us? Isn’t it fantastic when the God who made the Universe makes a promise to us? We get inspired, we cry tears of joy, we’re moved, we’re so grateful to God. We go home, we go to bed, we wake up and God’s message to us warms our hearts. Maybe that inspiration lasts a few days, maybe a week, maybe even two weeks, but slowly the inspiration wears away and disappears. All we’re let with is a distant memory.
Riding Without Training Wheels
Learning to ride a bike is one of the early steps towards independence that many of us experienced as a child. The bicycle provided us with the means of going further and faster. I have good memories of exploring our neighbourhood and the nearby countryside on my bike, accompanied by my friends. However, learning to ride a bike is a tricky business, which usually involves the painful experience of falling off. That process is greatly improved by using training wheels - a pair of small supporting wheels that are fixed to the either side of the rear wheels of the bike. They help you to gain a degree confidence and control on the bike, while the training wheels keep you vertical.