Me being what I consider sometimes profound comes and goes.  Often I think something and think “that’s good” only to totally forget it in a matter of minutes.  I reckon there is a couple of reasons for that. 
Often it is just human nature.  I forget stuff.  Sometimes I reckon it is the stroke.  My memory is not what it was.  But I don’t use that as an excuse (though come to think of it it is a pretty good one).  At other times it is (and I need to face it) my age.  Everyone who gets older has this sort of thing to look forward to.  As someone said yesterday the difference between older and younger is an older person can truly say I have been young but a younger person cannot yet say, I have been old.
Yet at other times things stick with me.  It is like it is something I regard as essential to my current situation, and becomes like a mantra I live by.
This morning I thought something I thought was worth holding to.  So I thought if I write about it, I am more likely to keep it.  It was “better is one thing learned and done than a hundred just learned.
I am all for learning.  We have institutions that impart knowledge and prepare us to us it.  Yet to me it is one thing to hear, and another to do.
I learned videoing which I had not done before.  It is quiet a simple operation, but it is not something that is known without instruction.  I actually thought the way I was taught was ideal.  Someone demonstrated to me what to do and then watched me do it.  They told me and again demonstrated steps I had omitted and left off when I had what I needed to do it myself.  There was further learning beyond the basics, down the track.
I am incredibly impressed with the tradies that come and do stuff.  Getting rid of our huge tree was scary to me.  But the tradies looked and said that is about a days work.  Several of them came and by soon after lunch the tree was gone.  I had wondered how do you get rid of such a big tree in such a small space?
Yet the people we hired had learned and done.  I was amazed how they cut and dropped huge branches.  It was something I wanted professionals to do.  Before I was around at a previous place, a neighbour hired someone to get rid of a tree and it fell on and destroyed their house.  The community rallied around for the repairs.
The whole point for me was the learning and doing.  Good advice is great, but doing good advice is better. 

Here we are at dictionary day again. Today my finger fell on the word “depart.”
Actually that makes a pleasant change, as often my finger falls on some obscure word.  I need to chase up its meaning and learn heaps to sound like I know what I am talking about.
I am familiar with depart as it is something I and everyone does.  Sometimes it is just departing from one room into another.  Other times and this is the one I thought of immediately, I depart from some event.  Or as is often the case, people depart from being here.  Happens all the time. In fact I can confidently say it is the reason no one is here right now besides Merril and I.  It is all because others departed.
We will see our billet again today.  He had departed to spend a few days with those from his country.  He will be back again today.
When Merril and I depart from church today we are going to a friend of ours place for lunch.  Others are going to, and it will be a great chance to get to know them better.  There will come a time though when Merril and I depart from there, to or as the dictionary says ,“to take ones leave.”  Yeah ok I would not put it that way.  More like “make tracks.”
The dictionary also refers to “die” in relation to depart.  Sort of a full stop that one.  I know when people go it is not like they are back at 10 or something.  I guess the important thing is I have got all my stuff and I am ready to depart when I depart.
There are many things I can depart from.  Mostly it is seen to be a good thing to “depart on a journey.”  It was bittersweet to “depart from a job.”  I really thought when I had the operation to remove the mass I would be back at work in a few days.  I never went back.
In many things departing or the end of something is better than its beginning.  At least when something comes to an end I can see if it was effective or not.  Finishing up often gives me a chance to start again if I should.
Whatever the case, I actually think concluding one thing to begin another is often sort of a relief.  I am a big believer in that it is not just the destination that matters, but the journey.  It seems not to matter what I am doing departing is inevitable.

One Saturday each month I tend to do my post later.  It is the day we have a free breakfast here for any guys that want to come.
Today I congratulated the guys on being a part of a world record.  Ok the parameters of the world record are fairly narrow.  It is the number of guys that come to our place for breaky, chat, and to listen to someone tell of their life experiences and things that matter to them.
I was really glad talking to someone after our get together, who said the very much related to what was said and felt they had almost been reading their mail.
For me I feel like the pressure is on very early as I need to determine who will speak.  Fortunately I felt this was the guy this month and I have settled on the guy who will speak next month.
I do not fell the pressure of cooking.  Someone has said they would do that.  They did not have a car this time, so I went and got them at about 5.55 am.  But I had all ready for their arrival and all was cooked by 6.40 or so.  It was his birthday today.  Merril does eggs which she brings out before others get here.  It’s weird.  I am ok talking but ask me to cook and I freak.
As I say there were nineteen.  In my head I cater for 20 or so and looking at what was left I reckon that is about right.  I remembered to provide a meal for Merril this time.  I forgot last time.  It was like she contributed and had not enjoyed the fruit of her labour.
I was actually really pleased so many turned up considering it was rainy and the weekend.  Perfect weather for undercover work I reckon. Being under the covers would have been easy today.
So here I am on the other side of the get together. Time for a rest I reckon.