Whanau

This weekend I have spent a bit of time thinking about how important the notion of whanau is in my current situation. This has come about mainly as a result of following the news back in NZ about the students in the canyon tragedy. It has got to me for some reason. The notion of whanau or community has come through strongly in the reporting that I have picked up from here.

So here I am halfway around the world and thinking about the community that supports me and others in our team? I feel very lucky. Someone here used that word recently to describe me, lucky. I’m feeling very lucky right now. This is because I feel that I’m part of a close knit group, my Qatar whanau. This group has a number of sub groups whom I interact with. Some are very special to me and I really value these and am happy to put lots of energy into them. I thought I’d share a little bit about some of these groups