What makes you, you?
Or more importantly,
as it is my blog, what makes me, me?
I've just been Cced
into an email that includes the line “Rachel, being Rachel, has
only just got round to submitting her claim”
“Rachel, being
Rachel”
Now that shows that
they know that either a – I'm rubbish at paperwork, or b – (which
I'm actually hoping it is) money isn't my driving factor in life.
Expenses are
something I do for a number of reasons. Part of my philosophy in life
is that I don't think people should be expected to volunteer their
money if they don't want to. For those who volunteer time, they
shouldn't be out of pocket. I also do my expenses because I don't
have endless amounts of money and sometimes do need it back. I do my
expenses because I believe charities and churches should know how
much things cost.
This email came from
a charity I love. A charity I don't mind if I occasionally forget to
put a claim in for a train journey for example. I know what I should
do is claim everything and give of my earned wages – as I know then
they would be able to gift aid it. I should also put that money in an
account so that when they stop paying for me to come to their events
I'll have money put aside for it.
I wonder if that is
what they think when they say “Rachel, being Rachel” maybe its
the former, and they just know I'm rubbish at admin. But I'd like to
hope its cos they actually know I'm not in it for the money – and
I'm doing it now so they can balance the accounts!
“Rachel, being
Rachel” sounds like it is going to be negative. I want to reclaim
the phrase. I want my name to mean something. I've often joked (only
half seriously) that I'd like to have a room at Methodist Church
House named after me. Now you have to do something very momentous for
that to happen.
“Rachel, being
Rachel” could mean a whole load of things. I hope, that generally
it's positive. I'd want it to denote my patience, kindness, listening
ear, I don't mind too much if its my bossiness. I had another email
today that described me as a tower of strength (insert short joke
here!!) and was grateful for my calm encouragement. That is what I
want Rachel to mean.
How would you end
“Rachel, being Rachel...”
And what would you
want “You, being you” to mean?
Obviously “Rachel,
being Rachel” means I'm blogging when I should be creating
powerpoints for said charity – so I better go back to work.
