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I've been staying at Dad's house all week, waiting for my room to be painted. It took longer than expected, and I only got back a few hours ago, realising that I wasn't really in the mood any more for the night out I got invited on, particularly with the final stage of the Lea Valley walk tomorrow ( Read more... )

"Without experimentation, a willingness to as and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, and moribund." - Anthony Bourdain

New Ways November is back.


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I was expecting a delivery this morning; it seemed to be running late, and then, around lunchtime, they texted me to claim I'd "not been in", despite the fact that they hadn't made any attempt to contact me, and that I'll have to collect it from the post office ( Read more... )

I've been trying to make life easier for others today, but this is occasionally hard when I struggle to recognise random acts of kindness from strangers for what they are, and just see them as terse, grudging, sarcastic, even patronising. I have difficulty getting out of the mindset where I just expect antagonism from others ( Read more... )

I've spent the morning trying to encourage others with their Christian faith, and make sure people feel welcome to church. Three guys showed up randomly, and I ushered them in; one of the guys didn't have shoes, and it turned out he'd had them stolen while he was asleep in the park. One of the guys was worried about going into the church with just ( Read more... )

It seems that the group effort for #StriveForMore is now complete.


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This month we're back to Joyful June, so posting the calendar for 2022.


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On Monday, I spent some time thinking about my own little successes in life, and remembered three things ( Read more... )