sheep and goats

Here's a little wisdom the great Oliver Postgate spoke on his Desert Island Discs appearance. Talking about his experience of school, he suggested that children - or perhaps people - are divided into sheep and goats; and that as a goat, he didn't take too well to being told what to do. Fred's clearly a goat - he likes to be the one giving the orders. The thing is, I'm not sure which I am.

Thinking about it, maybe I'm a bit of both. I love being a father, but I don't like handing down the law. I love running my own business; but it would be very nice if I had someone to feed me a steady stream of clients. Someone to say "Here, coach these people," so I could focus on the coaching.

Perhaps we're all a bit of both. There's a good inquiry for this week - where am I a sheep, and where am I a goat?