Back from holiday; weeks of unrelenting rain; the only variation was whether it was light drizzle or heavy rain.
In the end we ran out of “things to do in the rain.” We stopped checking the forecast too because we had no hope of change. We bonded, made new friends and learnt new games but after a while a stupor set in.
I am thankful that my family has grown up so that we were no longer, at least, struggling to cope with cooped up kids and soggy clothes.
In the rare bright moments we poured out of the house, never a full day without rain but half days sometimes; and we made the most of them. And they were all the more special.
So in this blog about leadership, my summer discovery is that leaders need sun.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Louise Warde Hunter // Sep 4, 2009 at 21:09
We had violent sea storms and brushfires! So my observation is that leaders need a bit of peace from the front line and from the weather…oh and check whether the campsite has a pool for all those sand avoiding non-followers we have managed to produce personally. Finally, fresh pain au chocolat daily goes a long way to restore harmony. Not a metaphor, just fact.
2 Wesley Hayden // Sep 10, 2009 at 04:48
very strange idea you have Julia, very strange!
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