Vibey ramblings I make when I’m cooped up at home with nothing better to do

By helen on April 5th, 2005
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Well, I’m finally not horizontal, which is a bit of an achievement. After days of on and off sickness Sun night I finally got hit with the big one and have spent the last 2 days with a full on fever & flu. It’s been quite an experience. Yesterday I was breaking out in a sweat…i don’t think I’ve ever had a fever that’s done that to me before.

When i’m sick I tend to do things I never quite get round to in the rest of my life, like wathc TV & movies. Yesterday I watched Whale Rider and The Wedding Planner. Today I watched FunnyFace thanks to Jo who brought me over the Audrey Hepburn classics. How great are old time movies & musicals. Fred Astaire makes me smile. Apart from enjoying it I also analysed the interplay between acting dialogue and the song and dance numbers, the transitioning between the two and whether or not they furthered the plot line or merely acted as a kind of emotional ad break. So you could argue I was working, or at least doing historical research. Its fascinating really.

Jo also brought me some art books which I flicked through and examined Renoir’s boating party which I now have a new appreciation of since its role in the movie Amelie. What is the girl alone in the middle with the wine glass actually thinking? What’s her story? In fact, all the people seem to cause curiosity. Like most of them who are in conversations aren’t really listening to whoever’s talking to them and looking beyond or looking at someone else. It made me think about how I often I do that. How often do we all wish to be somewhere else than where we actually are or want something more than what we actually have. And how challenging it can be to be completely satisfied with the present moment. Ok….getting a bit vibey now. I also had a sqiz at The Lord’s Supper which I thought I might look at differently after reading the Da Vinci Code, but personally I don’t get it.

And so because I’ve been sick, I didn’t lead Ignite, I didn’t preach, I didn’t go to lunch in a pub for a production meeting, I didn’t teach, I didn’t go to a prayer meeting, I didn’t have an adventurous day off.
But what I am reminded of is that the world keeps going with out me and its good to know. I’m learning to be ok wiht that. For when i am weak, then I am strong.

I will be sad thought if I can’t get on a plane to Melbourne on Thurs.

I guess we’ll see.

Oo and I must say that Emily & Martin’s wedding on Sat was absolutely beautiful. I was a bit teary when Emily appeared down the aisle, i think because she wasn’t in traditional white, but she was so beautiful that the whole thing felt like a fairy tale. I felt really honoured to have been invited and share in it. That in itself spoke to me about the kind of people they are. God bless them I had more to say on that but I think it left when my brain did on Sun.

I think that’s enough for now.