Whilst I certainly have a dream or two, I differ from ABBA
in that I do not believe in angels.
Some of you will know that I have been in a pretty dark
place over the last week. No details here, but a very unpleasant work situation
which has caused a lot of people a lot of pain. I am very pleased that this is
now very much in the past, and it seems that life will be going on pretty much
as before. Albeit it with a few more grey hairs.
The cliché is that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
The reason clichés are clichés is because they are broadly true, and I think I
emerge from this wiser if nothing else.
So this is a very brief blog post to say thank you to some
people. I don’t think anyone at work reads my blog (god - I hope they don't), but they have all been so
supportive of me at this time – it makes me realise what a great team of people
they are.
More specifically to the friends who have either reached out
in response to some cryptic but bleak Fb or Twitter messages to check I was OK.
And the ones who have contacted me to offer help and a (in some cases literal)
shoulder to cry on. I am privileged to have you as friends, and you know I
would be there for you in the same way.
The point of the first line of this blog? Well, it’s the ‘no
atheists in fox-holes’ argument I guess. If every I either a) needed or b) felt
that there was a guardian angel looking out for me, now would be that time. I
didn't look for that angel, and nor do I think he* was guiding me. But in the
same way as atheists believe that they live on not through an eternal
afterlife, but through the memories they leave behind, this has shown me that
it is friends and colleagues who give you the guidance space and support that
helps you through these things.
To all of you – a very heartfelt and tearful ‘thank you’.
* Are angels ‘he’? Seem to remember that they are.
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