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| author | Henry Thompson <ht@markup.co.uk> |
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| date | Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:11:13 +0000 |
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| 1 <?xml version='1.0'?> | |
| 2 <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../../lib/xml/doc.xsl" ?> | |
| 3 <!DOCTYPE doc SYSTEM "../../lib/xml/doc.dtd" > | |
| 4 <doc> | |
| 5 <head> | |
| 6 <title>A Guide for Living</title> | |
| 7 <author>Henry S. Thompson</author> | |
| 8 <date>17 Jan 2024</date> | |
| 9 </head> | |
| 10 <body> | |
| 11 <div> | |
| 12 <title>Introduction</title> | |
| 13 <p>I should be continually striving to fulfill the potential of my humanity | |
| 14 (in general) and my particular gifts (in particular), grounded in Christianity. | |
| 15 "... 'Live up to the light thee hast and more will be granted thee'. ... [so] I | |
| 16 strove to lead a more Christian life, in unison with what I knew to be right | |
| 17 ..." Caroline Fox, 26.04 in QF&P</p> | |
| 18 <p>Accepting that I will fail again, while trying to fail better, what | |
| 19 follows are some specific actions or goals, which I may use "as an aid to | |
| 20 self-discipline" [BPD]> if I take the above seriously.</p> | |
| 21 </div> | |
| 22 <div> | |
| 23 <title>Specifics</title> | |
| 24 <list> | |
| 25 <item>Start most days with some quiet time, prayer for the day ahead, what | |
| 26 opportunities/risks it may offer for doing good/falling short. End most days | |
| 27 with some form of [Ignatian] Examen</item> | |
| 28 <item>Apologise less, and only when it's genuine, and not a dishonest | |
| 29 attempt to look good/earn brownie points.</item> | |
| 30 <item>Enumerate specific concrete goals/projects | |
| 31 <list> | |
| 32 <item>For those | |
| 33 already underway, describe/identify KPIs/criteria for declaring victory and/or | |
| 34 pulling out | |
| 35 <list> | |
| 36 <item>CCrawl research paper</item> | |
| 37 <item>Grant proposal</item> | |
| 38 <item>PDF project</item> | |
| 39 <item>CDX project</item> | |
| 40 <item>WebArch book</item> | |
| 41 <item>Move south</item> | |
| 42 </list> | |
| 43 </item> | |
| 44 <item>For candidates, | |
| 45 prioritise | |
| 46 <list> | |
| 47 <item>CCrawl whitepaper</item> | |
| 48 <item>Middle Way project</item> | |
| 49 <item>Autobiography</item> | |
| 50 <item>Group of N</item> | |
| 51 </list> | |
| 52 </item> | |
| 53 <item>[ref. BPD "[C]omplete all tasks I take on and only take on | |
| 54 those I truly feel I can carry out. To finish current major projects before I | |
| 55 embark on new ones"]</item> | |
| 56 </list> | |
| 57 </item> | |
| 58 <item>Start a House Group dedicated to Good Old Fashioned (Christian) | |
| 59 Quakerism [ref. BPD "[M]ake a commitment to discuss my faith and the faith of | |
| 60 others each week"; "[A]ttempt to find others who would want to participate in | |
| 61 mutual guidance"; "[T]hink about the future of Quakerism"]</item> | |
| 62 <item>Start having people in for lunch (Bonnie?) or dinner</item> | |
| 63 <item>Ask Mark if we can start having lunch every week or two</item> | |
| 64 <item>Look for a way to volunteer in a helping capacity Samaritains? Google | |
| 65 [volunteer counselling opportunities edinburgh] suggests there are _lots_ of | |
| 66 opportunities Reconsider my unwillingness to serve as an Overseer</item> | |
| 67 <item>Anger management: try harder to own the weaknesses that fuel my | |
| 68 aggressive responses | |
| 69 <list> | |
| 70 <item>To Catharine</item> | |
| 71 <item>To (motor)cyclists</item> | |
| 72 </list> | |
| 73 </item> | |
| 74 <item>Declutter, including reclassifying much long-held-on-to as clutter. | |
| 75 [ref. AW "[Release] many possessions and attachments ... no longer hoard | |
| 76 newspapers/cuttings and printed matter generally.]</item> | |
| 77 <item>Practice explicit humility and thanksgiving, giving thanks for "the | |
| 78 comforts [I] enjoy and the responsibilities [my] affluence entails" [BPD] and | |
| 79 the blessings of my family.</item> | |
| 80 <item>Aim for honesty and integrity, not forgetting the that tact is not | |
| 81 dishonesty: "Is it true, is it kind, is it necessary, is it helpful?" and "Does | |
| 82 this build community?" Things to document/confess/seek to redress, or lay to | |
| 83 rest? Russian History Early years of marriage Timanous</item> | |
| 84 <item>Try not to dismiss suggestions/opportunities out-of-hand.</item> | |
| 85 </list> | |
| 86 </div> | |
| 87 </body> | |
| 88 </doc> |