Stream of Consciousness 13

Blog 188:

7:40- Family conversation over expenses,for whatever purposes, always gets contentious.  Mix up differences of opinions, and you have clashes of minds and emotions!  One child wishes to shift course major, another wants to drop-out of school.  Still, another one wants to marry at the young age of 23! "Khnom, shmok-shmain!" ... I'm disappointed and angry, and all other relevant mix of emotions!  Does this happen to any one all in onetime?
 
9:45- A worship of celebration ... what could be greater than that?  Songs of praises, of humility, of recognition, of passionate love for Christ wandered around and bounced back and forth.  Friends and family of mission workers in Phnom Penh at Hope International School Fellowship Hall filled the room with smiles and empty vessels; all were ready to be filled.   A full hour and a half of sharing love that binds, love that gives and multiplies, love through grace and mercy.  That worship experience was simply reviving!

12:30 Crunchy, deep-fried fish and papaya salad ... what could be more exciting to the palate?  'Tom-yum soup', that is, from the Khmer and Thai
chefs.  Add a variety of vegetables and fruits on the table and feasting could begin quickly for the famished.  Garnish with a bunch of friends engaged in refreshing conversations and laughter, you get a perfect unwinding late mid-day.

3:45 Sorting work project and process, when not everyone is on the same page, could bring tension with a capital "T", in addition to lots of frustration.  That was how it felt during the first sit-down meeting among and between a dozen team members ... if we could call it that!  I realized how unforgiving I was of peers who couldn't pick up, or clearly present what's going on in a discussion.  Perhaps, like what I was internally doing, folks simply don't want to take what's on the cards or that they just don't give a hoot about ideas on the table.  What's sad though, is the truth:  people do not readily speak up what's on their minds, then they huff and puff over the matter with  someone else, often in an unkind manner.  Sigh ...

4:52 Visited shortly with acquaintances at Khmer Surin Restaurant right after a healthy Vego veggie dinner with colleagues.  Wild sensations ... scrumptious tastes!  Food ... great food prepared just right to the flavor desired and dreamed about, always brings people together into very good moods!