Good morning beautiful friends of the earth!
It is with great delight that I’m sending my first 5 Bullet Friday of 2024. I hope the sun shines brightly on you throughout these 12 months. As ever, please enjoy this fortnightly selection of social ideas, tips and ruminations that I’ve come across or re-discovered in the past weeks. Here we go!
1. What I’m using: Fine Acts – they are an awesome group using graphic design to take on some of the world’s most pressing issues. I love their The Greats – Great Artists Give project which has a ton of free, downloadable posters which come in handy for everything from home decor to attending last minute demonstrations!
2. What I’m launching: Phone Free February – We’re so close that I can’t help but share this once again. We’ve had a surge of sign-ups in the last few days. So join us on the first global challenge to change your relationship with your phone, for good!
3. What I’m reading: The Guest House by Jalaluddin Rumi – The first few weeks of January have had their ups and downs for me. At a friend’s apartment the other day, I caught this poem pinned up by the door. I can’t stop re-reading it.
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
4. Who I’m following: Duncan Green’s From Poverty to Power Blog – A blog that describes itself as ‘a chance to compare notes on the great swirling cloud of chatter, opinion, argument and on-the-ground experience that makes the development scene so fascinating’, I have appreciated the fresh, bold writing that in today’s world of content production is increasingly rare. Well worth following.
5. What I’m thinking about: Life Dreams – Over the last few days, several people have asked me, ‘What’s your dream?’ But the truth is, I don’t have one right now – at least, not one I can articulate. I feel very, very far from getting one. So, what if I would like to have one? Has anyone cracked this one yet?
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That’s it for this fortnight! As ever, please let me know your thoughts and feedback – and send anything you’d like me to include in upcoming editions this way.
