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| author | Henry S Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk> |
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| date | Thu, 18 Jan 2024 09:17:41 +0000 |
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| 1 *Towards a Guide for Living* | |
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| 3 I shold be continually striving to fulfill the potential of my | |
| 4 humanity (in general) and my particular gifts (in particular), | |
| 5 grounded in Christianity. "... 'Live up to the light thee hast and | |
| 6 more will be granted thee'. ... [so] I strove to lead a more Christian | |
| 7 life, in unison with what I knew to be right ..." Caroline Fox, 26.04 | |
| 8 in QF&P | |
| 9 | |
| 10 Accepting that I will fail again, while trying to fail better, here | |
| 11 are some specific actions or goals, which I may use "as an aid to | |
| 12 self-discipline" [BPD]> if I take the above seriously. | |
| 13 | |
| 14 * Start most days with some quiet time, prayer for the day ahead, | |
| 15 what opportunities/risks it may offer for doing good/falling | |
| 16 short. | |
| 17 | |
| 18 End most days with some form of [Ignatian] Examen | |
| 19 | |
| 20 * Apologise less, and only when it's genuine, and not a dishonest | |
| 21 attempt to look good/earn brownie points. | |
| 22 | |
| 23 * Enumerate specific concrete goals/projects | |
| 24 * For those already underway, describe/identify KPIs/criteria for | |
| 25 declaring victory and/or pulling out | |
| 26 * CCrawl research paper | |
| 27 * Grant proposal | |
| 28 * PDF project | |
| 29 * CDX project | |
| 30 * WebArch book | |
| 31 * Move south | |
| 32 * For candidates, prioritise | |
| 33 * CCrawl whitepaper | |
| 34 * Middle Way project | |
| 35 * Autobiography | |
| 36 * Group of N | |
| 37 | |
| 38 [ref. BPD "[C]omplete all tasks I take on and only take on those | |
| 39 I truly feel I can carry out. To finish current major projects | |
| 40 before I embark on new ones"] | |
| 41 | |
| 42 | |
| 43 * Start a House Group dedicated to Good Old Fashioned (Christian) | |
| 44 Quakerism [ref. BPD "[M]ake a commitment to discuss my faith and | |
| 45 the faith of others each week"; "[A]ttempt to find others who | |
| 46 would want to participate in mutual guidance"; "[T]hink about the | |
| 47 future of Quakerism"] | |
| 48 | |
| 49 * Start having people in for lunch (Bonnie?) or dinner | |
| 50 | |
| 51 * Ask Mark if we can start having lunch every week or two | |
| 52 | |
| 53 * Look for a way to volunteer in a helping capacity | |
| 54 Samaritains? Google [volunteer counselling opportunities | |
| 55 edinburgh] suggests there are _lots_ of opportunities | |
| 56 | |
| 57 Reconsider my unwillingness to serve as an Overseer | |
| 58 | |
| 59 * Anger management: try harder to own the weaknesses that fuel my | |
| 60 aggressive responses | |
| 61 * To Catharine | |
| 62 * To (motor)cyclists | |
| 63 | |
| 64 * Declutter, including reclassifying much long-held-on-to as | |
| 65 clutter. [ref. AW "[Release] many possessions and attachments | |
| 66 ... no longer hoard newspapers/cuttings and printed matter | |
| 67 generally.] | |
| 68 | |
| 69 * Practice explicit humility and thanksgiving, giving thanks for | |
| 70 "the comforts [I] enjoy and the responsibilities [my] affluence | |
| 71 entails" [BPD] and the blessings of my family. | |
| 72 | |
| 73 * Aim for honesty and integrity, not forgetting the that tact is not | |
| 74 dishonesty: "Is it true, is it kind, is it necessary, is it | |
| 75 helpful?" and "Does this build community?" | |
| 76 | |
| 77 Things to document/confess/seek to redress, or lay to rest? | |
| 78 Russian History | |
| 79 Early years of marriage | |
| 80 Timanous | |
| 81 | |
| 82 * Try not to dismiss suggestions/opportunities out-of-hand. | |
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