During a warming visit at my Pastor's, I volunteered to install the baby hanger. We laughed off the inexpertise - I had no prior experience sufficient to guide me through the task, and thus my first thought was: "a manual should suffice".
The manual would be a guide, its purpose would be to show the how-to. As I stared at the different screw sizes, plastic clips, and metallic rods - and with no manual in sight, I thought to myself: "intuitive, this should fit into this, and that should fit into that".
As I gave some more thought to it, I figured that I needed more than a cursory glance. I didn't know what the hanger should look like at the end. "What would success look like, what is the big picture?".
Back in the university, someone asked why computer scientists are so bothered about algorithms, and the visiting US lecturer at the symposium mentioned that algorithms are the essence of computer science. An algorithm is a step by step process to solving a problem. One of the things computer science teaches is how to solve problems.
Trying to figure out the end goal, my computer science background (together with other experiences developing software to solve problems) kicked in and so I took to Google and YouTube, researching until I found the exact type of hanger and how to go about installing it. Not long after, I found the big picture, I knew exactly what needed to be done. I knew how to define success.
When there is a vision, when you see the big picture, then there ought to be training.
Training is the distance between where you are and where you want (need) to be.
"Where am I?"
"Where do I want to be?"
"What do I need to do to get to where I want to be?"
These are some questions I ask myself in life and in ministry.
In very recent times, I have been learning to see the importance of training. My Pastor (Martins Awe) often says that "a person's training is the greatest prophecy of what they will become". For example, we will say that a person will become a doctor if they are being trained in a medical school, or they will become Pilots because of their training at the aviation school.
Like a soldier being trained for battle, training is not necessarily joyous - yet it ought to be regular (space) and consistent (time) in order for mastery to be formed.
The hanger was set, and I enjoyed the chocolate, drinks, and basmati.
Cheers for now,
Ileri 😀
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