--- a/Penny_Brohn_notes.txt	Wed Jan 17 15:04:22 2024 +0000
+++ b/Penny_Brohn_notes.txt	Wed Jan 17 15:37:23 2024 +0000
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@
 Use the stairs as a physical cue, morning and evening, to set the
 day's goals; to acknowledge the goods/fallings short.
 
+Thich Nhat Hanh puts value on 'solidity':  that resonates, but what
+_is_ it?
+
+St. Francis: "[E]liminate the ways we may manipulate others to ur own
+    ends."
+
 I'm going to write this without assuming that I'm ready to adopt it,
 call it...
 
@@ -101,8 +107,12 @@
 
 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'. ... I
+strove to lead a more Christian life, in unison with what I knew to be
+right ..." Caroline Fox, 26.04 in QF&P
 
-Accepting that I will fail again, while trying to fail better.
+Accepting that I will fail again, while trying to fail better, here
+are some goals, which I may use "as an aid to self-discipline" [BPD]
 
   * Start most days with some quiet time, prayer for the day ahead,
     what opportunities/risks it may offer for doing good/falling
@@ -125,8 +135,17 @@
         * Middle Way project
         * Autobiography
         * Group of N
+
+     [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"]
+
    
-  * Start a House Group dedicated to Good Old Fashioned (Christian) Quakerism
+  * 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"]
 
   * Start having people in for lunch (Bonnie?) or dinner
 
@@ -136,9 +155,32 @@
     Samaritains?  Google [volunteer counselling opportunities
     edinburgh] suggests there are _lots_ of opportunities
 
+    Reconsider my unwillingness to serve as an Overseer
+
+  * Anger management: try harder to own the weaknesses that fuel my
+		      aggressive responses
+                      * To Catharine
+                      * To (motor)cyclists
+
+  * 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.]
+
+  * 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.
+
+  * 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
+
+  * Try not to dismiss suggestions/opportunities out-of-hand.
 
 
-Things to document/confess/seek to redress, or lay to rest?
-  Russian History
-  Early years of marriage
-  Timanous
+