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+  <title>A Guide for Living</title>
+  <author>Henry S. Thompson</author>
+  <date>17 Jan 2024</date>
+ </head>
+ <body>
+  <div>
+   <title>Introduction</title>
+   <p>I should be continually striving to fulfill the potential of my humanity
+(in general) and my particular gifts (in particular), grounded in Christianity.
+"... 'Live up to the light thee hast and more will be granted thee'. ... [so] I
+strove to lead a more Christian life, in unison with what I knew to be right
+..." Caroline Fox, 26.04 in QF&amp;P</p>
+   <p>Accepting that I will fail again, while trying to fail better, what
+follows are some specific actions or goals, which I may use "as an aid to
+self-discipline" [BPD]> if I take the above seriously.</p>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+   <title>Specifics</title>
+   <list>
+    <item>Start most days with some quiet time, prayer for the day ahead, what
+opportunities/risks it may offer for doing good/falling short.  End most days
+with some form of [Ignatian] Examen</item>
+    <item>Apologise less, and only when it's genuine, and not a dishonest
+attempt to look good/earn brownie points.</item>
+    <item>Enumerate specific concrete goals/projects
+     <list>
+      <item>For those
+already underway, describe/identify KPIs/criteria for declaring victory and/or
+pulling out
+       <list>
+        <item>CCrawl research paper</item>
+        <item>Grant proposal</item>
+        <item>PDF project</item>
+        <item>CDX project</item>
+        <item>WebArch book</item>
+        <item>Move south</item>
+       </list>
+      </item>
+      <item>For candidates,
+prioritise
+       <list>
+        <item>CCrawl whitepaper</item>
+        <item>Middle Way project</item>
+        <item>Autobiography</item>
+        <item>Group of N</item>
+       </list>
+      </item>
+      <item>[ref. BPD "[C]omplete all tasks I take on and only take on
+those I truly feel I can carry out.  To finish current major projects before I
+embark on new ones"]</item>
+     </list>
+    </item>
+    <item>Start a House Group dedicated to Good Old Fashioned (Christian)
+Quakerism [ref. BPD "[M]ake a commitment to discuss my faith and the faith of
+others each week"; "[A]ttempt to find others who would want to participate in
+mutual guidance"; "[T]hink about the future of Quakerism"]</item>
+    <item>Start having people in for lunch (Bonnie?) or dinner</item>
+    <item>Ask Mark if we can start having lunch every week or two</item>
+    <item>Look for a way to volunteer in a helping capacity Samaritains? Google
+[volunteer counselling opportunities edinburgh] suggests there are _lots_ of
+opportunities Reconsider my unwillingness to serve as an Overseer</item>
+    <item>Anger management: try harder to own the weaknesses that fuel my
+aggressive responses
+     <list>
+      <item>To Catharine</item>
+      <item>To (motor)cyclists</item>
+     </list>
+    </item>
+    <item>Declutter, including reclassifying much long-held-on-to as clutter.
+[ref. AW "[Release] many possessions and attachments ... no longer hoard
+newspapers/cuttings and printed matter generally.]</item>
+    <item>Practice explicit humility and thanksgiving, giving thanks for "the
+comforts [I] enjoy and the responsibilities [my] affluence entails" [BPD] and
+the blessings of my family.</item>
+    <item>Aim for honesty and integrity, not forgetting the that tact is not
+dishonesty: "Is it true, is it kind, is it necessary, is it helpful?" and "Does
+this build community?" Things to document/confess/seek to redress, or lay to
+rest? Russian History Early years of marriage Timanous</item>
+    <item>Try not to dismiss suggestions/opportunities out-of-hand.</item>
+   </list>
+  </div>
+ </body>
+</doc>