Origins.
Family, Being Professional and Learning Define Me
Genesis.
Filza Chaudhry inspired, Thinking about, Themes that, define me.
“Define” is, Inappropriate, “Define” involves, Precision and, Reductionism with, Absolute boundaries, No stray words, No metaphors, No interpretations, No Opinions nor, Objections.
Complexity rules, Our minds, No reductionism, No certainty.
Sub-title remains, Unaltered because, “Define” provokes, Thought.
My story, Explores themes, That guide me, Caring Family, Being Professional and, Learning.
Caring Family
Proud of parents, Diligent at school, Loved university, Engineering and Science, Never questioned, Believed in, Background heritage, England and Scotland.
Traveled to, Mother England as, One did in, My position, Relatives listed, Mapped homes, Friends approved, Duty calls, Never questioned, Never thought of, Questioning.
Working Engineer, Heavy Engineering, Mining Equipment, Metal and dirt, Holiday time, Visit relatives, First stop Battle, Hastings fame, Mum and Dad, Visited family, 1938 now 1975, Found the street, Just a park, Well tended, Green grass, World War II.
Broken link to Honoured past, Independence, New thinking, New perceptions, New pains, New joys, Earl’s Court, Little Australia, Aussie Refugees, Like me, Cut-off from, Family Influences, Whoopee!
Remember those times, Thinking not following, Respecting not bowing, Independence not, Dependence on, Old pronouncements.
Now children, Grandchildren, Opinionated and Peppering questions, Demanding answers, Different times, Better times, Smiling times, Secret memories, Whoopee.
Being Professional.
Loved and admired, Father and Mother, Mother violinist, Father surgeon, Professional attitudes, Caring and diligent, Thoughtful and methodical, Loving family, Role models.
Professional is Doing things, Best you can, Doesn’t mean, Achieving greatness, Perfection or, Goodness, Just keep, Trying to, Reach your, Potential.
Learning
Baking bread, Illustrates my, “Learning by doing”, Four ingredients, Flour and water, Yeast and salt, Various measures, Countless combinations, Complex techniques, Experimenting, Teaching hands, Kneading and shaping, Baking and presenting, Patience demanded, Detailed focus, Love and care.
Sourdough bread, Forest provided, Gaia’s yeast, Nursed and, Tended starter, Two decades.
Everything connects, Starter and dough, Careful shaping, Slashing, Baking, Cooling, Mouth watering.
My bread, Excellent taste, Excellent texture, Poor shape, Never quite, Got it right, Kept trying, Art in, Baking bread.
Learning and, Thinking are, Like bread, Needs work, Thought and, Experimenting, Incrementally, Improving.
Final Thoughts
Three themes, Interacting in, Complex feedbacks, Sometimes, Wonderful outcomes, Other times, Disappointments, But in life, Only family, Remains, Constant and true.
Blessed be.
