This week’s adventure: Choosing a side. Then choosing to step into it. If there was one piece of ‘goodness’ you wish you could pass on – how might you do it?
Why take this challenge?
The sense of beginning to re-empower ourselves as a small but distinct ‘force for good’
Developing the skill of passing on wisdom in practical meaningful ways that you know will add to the positive things in the world.
A sense of fulfilment in counterbalancing some of the bad things that are going on all around us.
For evil to triumph, all that is required is that good people do (or say) nothing.
Every day sees someone making the world a bit worse to gain some political or financial benefit. The stories we hear are usually putting someone down somewhere.
If that is all there was, if nobody was doing small things to counterbalance this, everything would get steadily worse. But there is a shared spirituality, a cascade of wisdom and hope, that sort of ‘keeps a light on in the window’.
What might it feel like to actively and deliberately contribute to that?
The old battered box is a metaphor for us. But what is the treasure we hold inside?
+ Green track - taking it in your stride
+ Blue track - a bit of a workout (click to open)
+ Red track - stepping up to bat (click to open)
You may find the following resources helpful in tackling your challenge or in gaining further benefits from the skills and insights you develop
Random Acts of Kindness: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/good-news/seven-seas/random-acts-of-kindness
Pay if forward: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_it_forward
Guidance on sketching: https://www.wikihow.com/Sketch
St Paul writing to the people of Philippi – Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things.
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