Times they are a changing

Well, since my last entry a lot has happened in my life. One of the major changes was that there was a reformation within the SGI chapter of Eindhoven. This meant that the three districts where merged into two districts. With this merge it was decided that it would be good to start these two "new" districts wit newly appointed leaders. My old district, which had been effectively been run for more then 1,5 yrs without a district leader, was only run by me, an assistant Young Men's Division Leader.
After the decision was taken to reform, I was asked to resign as a leader so that others could stand up for Kosen-Rufu. After 7 yrs I found it was time for me to take a step aside as a leader as well. The day I took this decision to step back, a colleague of my work came to me. He wanted to ask me something. He was a member of the labor Union Abvakabo FNV and he was tasked to ask me for function for the Union within the company I work for. He told that the union senior members within the company had spotted my dedication and they were convinced they needed me. For me it was the chance to put Kosen-Rufu into action within the real world. Not just within SGI. At the same time it was a real turbulent time for the company. Being a sheltered company and having to deal with a government that wanted to discard the sheltered companies, it was obvious that Abvakabo FNV really needed the power of daimoku for the same of Kosen-Rufu.
At this moment the law we had protesting against, is deemed controversial, the government has fallen and the Netherlands will have elections on September 12th 2012. In the meantime I've been to a couple of important Union congresses, been to national action commitee meetings and was granted a training course how to deal with union members.
This colleague of mine who asked me to step up, is an union consultant for my company and also a legal consultant. He wants me to follow him into his footsteps. Somehow he recognized my value and the training of SGI that I received. Thanks to SGI I'm able to listen, discuss and take notes at the same time. This is something that you often need while in committee meetings of the labor union.
This colleague also told me that thanks to my efforts several other colleagues signed up as a member.
Kosen-Rufu at work.