Pre-Christmas Post - Post Postponed Rev1
A mini-series interlude to offer a sincere Value Life (VL) apology, wee spring hello and some perspective and inspiration
Dear Honest Men and Bonnie Lassies,
It has been a while since the last post in which I committed to delivering a pre-Christmas newsletter and in this mini-series interlude (2m) I provide some reasoning for why it did not materialize:
Supplementary Commentary (regarding chat @timestamps in the) Mini-Episode Interlude
(@45s) Here is a short excerpt from the unpublished postponed pre-Christmas post (Rev0) mentioned:
This song1 was playing and I thought, “wow, this is beautiful,” when utterly shocking and heart-wrenching news broke in our family. As I left it on repeat, the music transformed to have a new sombre meaning… when mortality involves very young, brilliantly beautiful, twin girls…. [these] events… effectively made the Deep Trust Journey seem terribly insignificant...
And hence one awfully relevant reason to put the Value Life post and Deep Trust Journey on the back burner.
(@56s) This is the wee film referred to that put into perspective problems I thought I had with respect to my working life - they swiftly paled in significance: HUMAN Extended version VOL.1 (YouTube) (particularly the people @49m 25s and @58m 28s; and God bless the woman @1hr 5m 5s - what a world we live in! The rest is powerful and worth a watch too).
Credit to the Tim Ferris 5-Bullet Friday newsletter for sharing👏🏼.
(@1m 6s) We will circle back on this and refine a little in the finale (and as per alluded to in the first mini-episode “mission statement” (@1m)), the intent is
to make the world a much much better place for ALL children forevermore AND expedite the process.
A harrowing video of Ukrainian children’s plight essentially spurred me into action when Putin invaded. The proposed Universal Educational Message (in Mini-Episode 4.4, @8m 23s) to simply,
Breathe; be kind; read; explore and be inquisitive(?).
relates and are causes that I still feel are valuable to pursue and worthy of focus.
(@1m 44s) The mentioned podcast exposed me to a brief snippet of Ukrainian culture (at ∼25m) 🇺🇦💙💛 featuring a crackin’ Ukrainian story teller named Dmytro (The Intelligence by The Economist); and as we said in the Mini-series Episode 8 - War in Ukraine People Displacement; Compassionate Integration; and Culture (@10m),
…culture is pervasive and ubiquitous and at a fundamental level is essentially how organisms interact with one another. Depending on the organisms, openness to collaborate can harness integrated responses to optimise opportunities for common success or advancement.
I hope the GA 🧭 and my Dharma service grants me the wisdom and buanseasmhachd (Scots Gaelic for “perseverance”), and permits me time to explore and expand on culture (and God willing, the other identified VL core values (Freedom, Acceptance, Culture and Truth, #FACT 😉… Truth will, at least, be in hefty focus in the forthcoming Deep Trust Journey)).
As it is the first VL post of 2023, to mirror the end of the Mini-Episode and to take the belated opportunity, here is another excerpt from the pre-Christmas postponed post (Rev0 (that was not posted)),
Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and all the best to you and your families for 2023. Hug them super tight (in mind, body and / or soul)!
Love
In some respect, the well-wishing may be less pertinent, but imaginably and certainly now, it is administered with deeper devotion and sincerity.
Love
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In loving memory of MNG - man, you will be missed brother - here is The Morning Dew And The Morning Star, by John Doyle