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5 <head>
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6 <title>A Guide for Living</title>
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7 <author>Henry S. Thompson</author>
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8 <date>17 Jan 2024</date>
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9 </head>
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10 <body>
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11 <div>
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12 <title>Introduction</title>
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13 <p>I should be continually striving to fulfill the potential of my humanity
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14 (in general) and my particular gifts (in particular), grounded in Christianity.
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15 "... 'Live up to the light thee hast and more will be granted thee'. ... [so] I
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16 strove to lead a more Christian life, in unison with what I knew to be right
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17 ..." Caroline Fox, 26.04 in QF&P</p>
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18 <p>Accepting that I will fail again, while trying to fail better, what
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19 follows are some specific actions or goals, which I may use "as an aid to
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20 self-discipline" [BPD] if I take the above seriously.</p>
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22 <div>
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23 <title>Specifics</title>
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24 <list>
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25 <item>Start most days with some quiet time, prayer for the day ahead, what
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26 opportunities/risks it may offer for doing good/falling short. End most days
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27 with some form of [Ignatian] Examen</item>
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28 <item>Apologise less, and only when it's genuine, and not a dishonest
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29 attempt to look good/earn brownie points.</item>
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30 <item>Enumerate specific concrete goals/projects
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31 <list>
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32 <item>For those
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33 already underway, describe/identify KPIs/criteria for declaring victory and/or
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34 pulling out
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35 <list>
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36 <item>CCrawl research paper</item>
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37 <item>Grant proposal</item>
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38 <item>PDF project</item>
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39 <item>CDX project</item>
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40 <item>WebArch book</item>
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41 <item>Move south</item>
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42 </list>
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43 </item>
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44 <item>For candidates,
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45 prioritise
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46 <list>
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47 <item>CCrawl whitepaper</item>
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48 <item>Middle Way project</item>
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49 <item>Autobiography</item>
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50 <item>Group of N</item>
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51 </list>
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52 </item>
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53 [ref. BPD "[C]omplete all tasks I take on and only take on
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54 those I truly feel I can carry out. To finish current major projects before I
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55 embark on new ones"]
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56 </list>
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57 </item>
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58 <item>Start a House Group dedicated to Good Old Fashioned (Christian)
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59 Quakerism [ref. BPD "[M]ake a commitment to discuss my faith and the faith of
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60 others each week"; "[A]ttempt to find others who would want to participate in
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61 mutual guidance"; "[T]hink about the future of Quakerism"]</item>
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62 <item>Start having people in for lunch (Bonnie?) or dinner</item>
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63 <item>Ask Mark if we can start having lunch every week or two</item>
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64 <item>Look for a way to volunteer in a helping capacity Samaritains? Google
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65 [volunteer counselling opportunities edinburgh] suggests there are _lots_ of
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66 opportunities Reconsider my unwillingness to serve as an Overseer</item>
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67 <item>Anger management: try harder to own the weaknesses that fuel my
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68 aggressive responses
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69 <list>
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70 <item>To Catharine</item>
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71 <item>To (motor)cyclists</item>
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72 </list>
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73 </item>
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74 <item>Declutter, including reclassifying much long-held-on-to as clutter.
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75 [ref. AW "[Release] many possessions and attachments ... no longer hoard
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76 newspapers/cuttings and printed matter generally.]</item>
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77 <item>Practice explicit humility and thanksgiving, giving thanks for "the
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78 comforts [I] enjoy and the responsibilities [my] affluence entails" [BPD] and
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79 the blessings of my family.</item>
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80 <item><p>Aim for honesty and integrity, not forgetting the that tact is not
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81 dishonesty: "Is it true, is it kind, is it necessary, is it helpful?" and "Does
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82 this build community?"</p>
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83 <p>Things to document/confess/seek to redress, or lay to
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84 rest?
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85 <list>
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86 <item>Russian History</item>
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87 <item>Early years of marriage</item>
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88 <item>Timanous</item>
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89 </list>
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90 </p>
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91 </item>
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92 <item>Try not to dismiss suggestions/opportunities out-of-hand.</item>
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93 </list>
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94 </div>
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95 </body>
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