Tim Ireland.
The man with the mirthful eyes who could both laugh at you and laugh with you without changing his expression beyond a small quirky lift to the corner of his lips. It was in the flash within his eyes. He knew. He understood what you were thinking, grasp instantly what you were saying and could let you know with a simple expression whether your perceptions were right or wrong.
Those were my first impressions of Tim, but later I understood that he was so much deeper than that, his dominant life mission was for his family and the betterment of his people which he embraced with a passion, foresight and energy.
I came to love Tim. I loved his quiet manners, I loved his thoughtful insights. I loved that he was real in a world of deception.
I met Tim when I worked in the Ministers office.
While I, through necessity, made my personal totally political, he kept his personal just that. Personal.
His political was highly strategic and he kept that for his people.
He was a quiet one, he held his personal life close. it took quite some time for it to click with me that he, and that gorgeous woman Patricia, who were both working in the agency, were actually couple. I loved that he loved Patricia with every fibre of his being. She was the delight of his life. Once he decided to let you in, he allowed his love for Patricia shine like the clarity of bright lamp, a light that penetrated through the fluctuating fog of living.
Tim is a great loss to those who loved him and a loss to those whose lives he penetrated through his work.
I love you Tim. I will forever be bereft that I did not know that you were ill and did not make it to Sydney in the last few years to talk and laugh and discuss the top issues in our hearts. You will be forever a loss.
THE QUIET ACHIEVER
*A poem by Carey Milton
The quiet achiever,
A firm believer...who wont tell a soul...
Of their soul searching goal.
Their goal ahead..somehow misread...
Climbing the ladder...without a word said.
Actions speak louder than words they do say...
Thus why the quiet achiever succeeds in every way!
Quintessential guardian of knowledge within..
The Silent Achiever shall win with a grin…
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