{"id":264,"date":"2020-11-13T12:18:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T12:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/?p=264"},"modified":"2020-11-13T12:20:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T12:20:12","slug":"tools-for-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/2020\/11\/13\/tools-for-the-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools for the job!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Benedict,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wonder if chapter 32 is the shortest in your Rule? In a couple of paragraphs you make clear that Benedictine spirituality extends to all aspects of life and work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few years ago I won a dibber in a local raffle. Today it had its annual outing, dibbing in some bulbs for the Spring. I have now put it away again for future dibbing. I am very fond of tulips. Here are some from last Spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tulips-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tulips-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tulips-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tulips-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tulips-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>One of the 2020 tulips in my garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But I won&#8217;t need my dibber again for a while. Much of the stuff I own is like this: seasonal or occasional in some other way. I try to treat them carefully and make appropriate use of them. I sometimes think I have too many things, but that&#8217;s another matter. It seems fine to have two of something, like cheese knives for two different kinds of cheese. They don&#8217;t take up a lot of room after all. But down sizing remains an issue in our small house and I can&#8217;t help thinking we still have too many of some items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being responsible about stuff is important. The world is neither an endless source of things or a bottomless waste tip. The inequalities by which some have too much and others nothing continue to exhaust me. As Christmas approaches I resolve not to buy stuff for folks that they don&#8217;t need and to spread out some of my resources to those who need more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, I&#8217;ll look after my dibber until next planting time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the remembered bible: To everything there is a season&#8230; a time to dib and a time to put away your dibber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thanks for providing me with the tools for the job.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a Friend of Scholastica and a Member of the Lay Community of St Benedict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Benedict, I wonder if chapter 32 is the shortest in your Rule? In a couple of paragraphs you make clear that Benedictine spirituality extends to all aspects of life and work. A few years ago I won a dibber in a local raffle. Today it had its annual outing, dibbing in some bulbs for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/2020\/11\/13\/tools-for-the-job\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tools for the job!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creation","category-seasons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}