Today, I had breakfast with my great American friend here, Carl - better known as Khun Carl, Big C or simply Carl Baby. Carl is retired and lives between here and his hometown, Chicago. We share stories, advice and laughs in Thailand. In his retirement, Carl, being a businessman, does his own consultancy work. He shared with me a line that hit home for me.
Basically, he said that, as a consultant, you offer your advice and it is up to them whether they take it or not. Either way you get paid. I thought of a role I have in Caritas Thailand where you offer advice on how to do the work or manage a task but for ever they keep doing it their way and seemingly keep getting nowhere. I then worry as why don't they just do it like I said? Carl's line hit me as I have done my bit in talking straight, offering a bit of advice or doing my bit of work. It is up to the others how and if they take up what I have to offer. That they choose not does not matter. What matters is that I just do my bit.
We all need our Carls to survive a Thailand. Thanks Carl Baby.
I am John Murray, an Australian, Catholic priest of the Order of St Augustine. I live and work in Thailand and have been here since October 2005. I have many stories from my life journey and would simply like to share some of them. So hope you enjoy and go away sometime with a smile or a helpful little insight.
We gather
to give thanks for my 25 years.
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