Rememberance Day
I took in the Remberance Day service at the Muliplex today. It was quite an emotional service for me, especially when the pipe band entered the rink. Since my grandfather died a few weeks ago, and was a WW2 vet, I was definatly thinking a lot about him today. My only regret is that I never really got to talk to him about it when he was alive.
It's very important to remeber all those who put their lives on the line, so that we could enjoy the freedom we have today. Most of them were just young guys who dropped everything to fight. I just can't imagine what that would have been like. I wonder if courage like that is still around today? I think I'd like just a little bit of that in my life.
Merge
It was great to travel down to the Merge conference this past weekend. The trip itself was quite an ordeal. There was a travel advisory on the Coquihalla Hwy, and a rock slide closed down the Trans Canada! We ended up taking the Coq, but taking it VERY easy! It was snowing like crazy at the Toll Booth! It's fun to see snow, but driving in it - that's a different story!
One of the most most impacting parts of the conference was Jeremy Postal's truth talk on the "Big Sexy Lie". Basically it's the lie that we can do life on our own. The truth is that we were never meant to live life solo. We're meant to be in community, and in relationships - it's what we were created to be!
Jeremy talked about a concept called "Eclectic Mentoring", which was facinating. It's about an attitude that is eager to learn from everyone that's around you. From leaders that you look up to, to friends, and to those who look up to for as an example. Eclectic in the the sense of learning from a diversity of sources. Mentoring in the sense of learning a definable art or skill.
It was great to catch a glimpse into Jeremy's heart, and to leave there with lots to ponder. One of the goals I left there was to engage in meanful conversation whenever I can. So much of what I talk about is soo "small talk", and is very unfulfilling. I don't want to spend my life like that.
