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109 </style><title>A Guide for Living</title></head><body style="font-family: DejaVu Sans, Arial; background: rgb(254,250,246)"><div style="text-align: center" class="head"><h1>A Guide for Living</h1><hr/><div class="byline">Henry S. Thompson</div><div class="byline">17 Jan 2024</div><div class="copyright">Copyright © 2024 <a href="http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/">Henry S. Thompson</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en">CC-BY-SA</a></div></div><div class="body"><div><h2>1. Introduction</h2><p>I should be continually striving to fulfill the potential of my humanity
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110 (in general) and my particular gifts (in particular), grounded in Christianity.
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111 "... 'Live up to the light thee hast and more will be granted thee'. ... [so] I
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112 strove to lead a more Christian life, in unison with what I knew to be right
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113 ..." Caroline Fox, 26.04 in QF&P</p><p>Accepting that I will fail again, while trying to fail better, what
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114 follows are some specific actions or goals, which I may use "as an aid to
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115 self-discipline" [BPD] if I take the above seriously.</p></div><div><h2>2. Specifics</h2><ul class=" "><li>Start most days with some quiet time, prayer for the day ahead, what
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116 opportunities/risks it may offer for doing good/falling short. End most days
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117 with some form of [Ignatian] Examen</li><li>Apologise less, and only when it's genuine, and not a dishonest
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118 attempt to look good/earn brownie points.</li><li>Enumerate specific concrete goals/projects
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119 <ul class=" "><li>For those
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120 already underway, describe/identify KPIs/criteria for declaring victory and/or
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121 pulling out
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122 <ul class=" "><li>CCrawl research paper</li><li>Grant proposal</li><li>PDF project</li><li>CDX project</li><li>WebArch book</li><li>Move south</li></ul>
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123 </li><li>For candidates,
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124 prioritise
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125 <ul class=" "><li>CCrawl whitepaper</li><li>Middle Way project</li><li>Autobiography</li><li>Group of N</li></ul>
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126 </li>
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127 [ref. BPD "[C]omplete all tasks I take on and only take on
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128 those I truly feel I can carry out. To finish current major projects before I
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129 embark on new ones"]</ul>
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130 </li><li>Start a House Group dedicated to Good Old Fashioned (Christian)
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131 Quakerism [ref. BPD "[M]ake a commitment to discuss my faith and the faith of
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132 others each week"; "[A]ttempt to find others who would want to participate in
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133 mutual guidance"; "[T]hink about the future of Quakerism"]</li><li>Start having people in for lunch (Bonnie?) or dinner</li><li>Ask Mark if we can start having lunch every week or two</li><li>Look for a way to volunteer in a helping capacity Samaritains? Google
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134 [volunteer counselling opportunities edinburgh] suggests there are _lots_ of
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135 opportunities Reconsider my unwillingness to serve as an Overseer</li><li>Anger management: try harder to own the weaknesses that fuel my
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136 aggressive responses
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137 <ul class=" "><li>To Catharine</li><li>To (motor)cyclists</li></ul>
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138 </li><li>Declutter, including reclassifying much long-held-on-to as clutter.
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139 [ref. AW "[Release] many possessions and attachments ... no longer hoard
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140 newspapers/cuttings and printed matter generally.]</li><li>Practice explicit humility and thanksgiving, giving thanks for "the
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141 comforts [I] enjoy and the responsibilities [my] affluence entails" [BPD] and
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142 the blessings of my family.</li><li><p>Aim for honesty and integrity, not forgetting the that tact is not
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143 dishonesty: "Is it true, is it kind, is it necessary, is it helpful?" and "Does
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144 this build community?"</p>
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145 <p>Things to document/confess/seek to redress, or lay to
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146 rest?
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147 <ul class=" "><li>Russian History</li><li>Early years of marriage</li><li>Timanous</li></ul>
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148 </p>
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149 </li><li>Try not to dismiss suggestions/opportunities out-of-hand.</li></ul></div></div></body></html> |
