Who’s in Charge?

I am back… Observing… Occurring… 

You may have been wondering.. “Where did this Slaho character go? He had some keen insights. My day is incomplete without wondering what occurred in the presence of Slaho and what does it mean to him, or more imporatantly, TO ME? COME BACK SLAHO!!!” 

I heard your thoughts (a little talent of mine… and by the way, clean up your thoughts…[/size]pervert[size=3].) and I have returned!!! 

Last I wrote I was getting ready to have surgery on 2 herniae (plural for hernia for the illiterate, which of course is none of you because you wouldn’t be at a site where you mostly read.. so I apologize for making you feel stupid… oh I’m rambling again, AND IN PARENTHESES NONE THE LESS!!). 

So I’ve written more between these thingys ( ) then I’ve written outside of them so far. Question is, have I actually observed anything occurring? Of couse I have. Have I witnessed anything worth writing about? Well, you always seem to ask the difficult questions don’t you?!? 

I have, so there… But I’m going to have to edit this later so if you’re reading this, it’s incomplete. Nananana boo boo. 

Now, to finish. (it’s amazing how time elapsed while I waited to finish this and you probably never noticed because you hadn’t logged on…HMMMM) 

Just last weekend, I took upon a pretty large endeavor. I was the vchairman of the St. Timothy annual carnival. I was responsible with my partner, Lenny, of pretty much making sure that EVERYTHING ran well. It’s amazing how things happen. In the process of putting this thing together we were delayed by not one, not two, but three hurricane threats, two of which were direct hits. Things were delayed by my bilateral inguinal hernia surgery (say that five times fast… no don’t: I was kidding! sheesh). On top of that Lenny’s wife who was four months pregnant at the time was in a car crash and had to be hospitalized for a short time, and two weeks before the carnival was put in bed rest. 

Amazingly, everything seemed to still get done. 

The carnival was a great success… we grossed $35,000 more during the weekend than we did the previous year. We also netted almost $20,000 more than in 2004. It was one of the most successful carnivals St. Timothy has ever had. I have been flooded with praise, hugged by strangers, acknowledged by those who never thought twice about me, and have been given a standing ovation to boot. 

Of course I could let this all go to my head, but I know better. You see, I know what I did to prepare for this carnival, and although I worked my butt off, things were not as ready as they could have been. Not everything was in place at Carnival time. Some of the things that we planned absolutely flopped. Yet only myself and a handful of others know the truth. And when I try to explain this to others, they praise me for my modesty. 

Maybe they should have instead praised me for having faith: faith in others but moreso in God. You see, this carnival is proof that when God is allowed to be involved good things happen. I know that I had limitations and that my disorganization could have resulted in a big mess. But I never lost sight of who was in charge, and the truth is that it was not me. (no, no it wasn’t Lenny either) It was our Lord Himself. Anybody who observed the work we did throughout the preparation would know this. It’s not that we were incompetent… we were just ill prepared to do this task, and we were deprived of vital information necessary to do it correctly until mere days before the carnival. Yet, everything still got done. Me? Impossible. God? Well, I know all things are possible for him. 

I learned a lot from this experience. We will be better prepared next year. I will have more resources. I will surround myself with even more good people (another reason for my success.. I’m a firm believer that a leader is as good as those whom he’s leading, and my crew for the most part was awesome… again a gift of GOD). I have to remember though the source of my success. That is believeing that my Lord will take care of what I can’t… FAITH! If I begin to believe that I can do this alone, next year will definitely be a step back, regardless of preparation, readiness, experience or help. In the end, as in the beginning, our success relies in GOD… for this and for ALL our endeavors. 

In the words of Bono… “blessings not just for the ones who kneel, luckily”. 

By the way, I did particiapte in making a Carnival video which is absolutely hilarious, and not just because I’m in it… well, it is because I’m in it, but hey, that’s another story. Maybe I’ll post it on this site!!! Is there room for 75 minutes of me on this site?!? 

OK OK, I get it… look for another occurrence Wence.