F UT UR E F O CUS
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JENNY MATHEWS
Be future focused on Opportunities
- The 4th Industrial Revolution
I
n an effort to ‘turn down the
heat’ of this recent heat wave,
by midday I found myself drawing
the curtains across the windows
through which I normally welcome the sunlight and the fresh
green and white palette of my
garden filled with iceberg roses out
front. The darkened room offered
solace from the merciless sun - it
also helped that I did not have to
look out at the bleak, scorched
garden where the grass and flowers
were losing the daily battle for
survival. I was reminded of a sermon I listened to some years ago.
The pastor said most people have
a tendency to ‘draw the curtains’
when going through tough times.
We prefer to hibernate and suffer
in silence rather than to get out,
do something different or to seek
help. The trouble is that in our
private spaces, the problem seems
to grow and circumstances look
darker than ever and soon we are
living inside a misery, all alone,
because we will not reach out to
one another. And in this