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Tag: unexpected

  • expect the unexpected and other silly things we say

    I was listening to the radio recently and the interviewer was asking his expert interviewee about the financial crisis in Greece. He asked the expert what surprises lay in store as the process unfolded. To be fair the expert was not fazed by such a daft question and pointed out that by their nature surprises…

  • fancy seeing you here

    Yesterday I was at church for our lunch club and absent-mindedly left my briefcase at the church when I drove home. I almost got home when I realised what I had done. So I turned around and headed back to the church where those who were clearing up had found it and were about to…

  • tales of the unexpected

    It’s sometimes the unexpected things that make the biggest impact on us: the critical comment that came out of the blue; an accident; bad news that shocks us… I think it is partly because we have to react ‘in the moment’. We have not had an opportunity to prepare ourselves, to think about our reaction,…

  • d-e-r dum, d-e-r dum, d-e-r dum, dum dum, dum dum, dum dum dum dum danaaah!

    [a poor written representation of the Jaws soundtrack!] Just when you least expect it, when your guard is down, when you are looking in the other direction… he leaps out and knocks you sideways. No, I am not talking about some sort of predator or assassin. I am talking about God. Perhaps I should explain…

  • storming

    I had a surprising phone call last week. It was from the hospital that has been helping me with my brain (and it needs a LOT of help). The battery pack that is supplying electricity to keep my migraines at bay is causing me some discomfort (I won’t go into details here in case you’re…