Lockdown 47

Lockdown Day 47 - 12 May 2020

Lockdown changed both my self-view and my world view. Apart from being a Kinetic Scientist, I am also a highly trained multi-skilled person with talents I never knew I had and loads of experience.

I am a housekeeper and chamber maid, security detail with an alert and super fit canine, a chef, proof reader, IT technician, cleaning and laundry service, confectionery artist, hairdresser, nurse and homeopathic faith healer. I thought long and hard for a perfect job description to fit this unique combination of skills. But came up with nothing. No job in the whole wide world expects anybody to do all those things plus their real job. Yet, this is what homemakers do, and more. Truth is most modern day women do both. According to an American poll, a homemaker's salary needs to be in the order of $21000 a year. That's R387 000 per year and roughly R32 000 per month. Although these numbers are open to interpretation and rarely get paid out, they give value to a priceless occupation of which the world has no equal in the business world.

If I were a CEO of a business, any business, I would like my workers to be capable of almost anything and do whatever is needed. I would like someone with wisdom who doesn't need to be supervised. I would like someone with a positive attitude who is not worried about what the world thinks, but has enough life experience to get through any challenge. Moreover I would like someone with passion and commitment who will not give up easily.

What would happen if everyone would consider to try and be that kind of worker for just one day? Or maybe a week? Or maybe a post lockdown trial?

In my ideal world this could mean a world that truly has a spirit of love, grace and compassion. If everything were perfect, would there be a chance for us to really make a difference? I think in a world of chaos, anarchy, injustice and poverty we have the perfect opportunity to start making a difference by just using our unique set of skills with spunk and sparkle. Maybe, just maybe, we will mirror a Creator the world so desperately

needs. 

So they'll know like we know He's got this.