I was meaning to write about the ‘demonisation of British kids’ in light of the recent report by the UN on standards in the UK and reconciling this with an independent report about how a decade of measures to combat youth crime had failed to deliver the required result.

 It would have been a continuation of my previous blog on Collective Social Responsibility but unfortunately I didn’t have enough time to put pen to paper and so lost the furore around the topic as it was phased out by the media.

I guess as compensation I feel the following quote aptly covers the jist of what I was going to say. Paul Cavadino, chief executive of crime reduction charity Nacro, asserts:

“Every year we lock up thousands of young people with histories of physical and sexual abuse, parental neglect, family conflict, school exclusion, substance abuse and mental health problems,” he said.

“This over-use of custody absorbs vast resources which would be better spent on tackling the causes of these problems by preventive work in the community.”

Enough said!

The reason I failed was purely due to circumstances outside my sphere of control. I guess this blog is more about the meaning of fate and destiny and how to understand it then the above subject.

Last year I audaciously applied for a role as programme and business consultant and miraculously won the role after 3 rounds of interviews and presentations and beating people almost double my age (but obv half the cost!). I was over the moon, humbled. Humbled because this was totally outside my sphere of control. The realization of fate was more real then if I was going for a lesser responsible role.

I turned down a famous consultancy for this role as a risk that harbored phenomenal gain by way of experience, business exposure and knowledge. I was managing people 10 years older and had an assistant that was at least 5 years older. It didn’t make any sense which made my humility even sweeter.

And it paid off. I learnt, I experienced and I received that raw business exposure..but it wasn’t to last…

My tenure was ticking close to 7 months when the topic of fate came crashing down on me with the news that due to the credit crunch crises the business was looking to undertake rigorous cost cutting – In simple terms people had to go! At the time it got me worried as all that was going through in my head was the fortunate circumstances of winning this post. It took me a day or two to realize how flawed my thinking was by attributing it to ‘fortunate events’ (im human, I forget!) rather than fate – more accurately divine decree.

That tamed my worry and stress and got me taking practical steps to apply outside until recently an associate of mine came back into the country after having working abroad…Fate strikes again..He is essentially been tasked of setting up operations of a substantially large institute outside the UK. One thing led to another to the point where I was giving informal strategic advice…You can see where this is going …well yes, to cut a long story short, this week I have been in talks with him and he has asked my to come on board as a Commercial director to not only set up operations but to lead the operation going forward. I shall be flying out to somewhere warm soon where I am to meet the Chairman and the other board of directors to present my strategy of implementation etc etc..

I don’t for second think that I have got this role secured until I’ve signed on the dotted line but one thing is for sure, even if I don’t get this I still believe divine decree will lead me to something that will be best for my wellbeing. Until then, Il just leave it in the safe hands of ‘fate’ and just do what I try to do best…live my life in His name knowing it is to Him I am to return.

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