August Break

Taking a short sabbatical

Journal: 31 July, 2024, morning.

I look at this list each morning as I’m beginning my day. I try to hold it in my mind as I’m going about my day. Each evening I look at it again, in reflection. These are the things I want to contribute to the world and it helps to have a regular reminder of them, a prompt.

I want passionately to live in a world that embodies these things. What better place to begin to bring that kind of world into being than with my own actions?

Imagine if we all embodied these things. Just imagine.

I’m taking my normal August break from social media, beginning formally tomorrow but practically today. Part of me wants to stay engaged. These are fraught times. But aren’t they always? And like the process of planning, when you think you have no time to plan is when you most need to plan. The same is true for breaks, for stepping back and gaining distance, gaining perspective. Quieting the mind, restoring the soul. A complete change of pace.

I hope the month is good to you. I hope you treat yourself well.

See you in September.

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