I feel I should comment that now I have read the fuller text of what Pope Francis said he is promoting a rather more active view of overcoming indifference than being reflective. And I will think about that (whoops – unintentional irony there) i guess the tricky thing for most of us who work, and are still pulling double shift with family is that there are a lot of people telling us what we should be doing as well but no-one...
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There is an option to choose the negative choice. There was a thread of that at Webstock on Friday. To focus on the darkness, the insidiousness of evil, and our powerlessness in the face of it. I almost tweeted during Cory Doctorow‘s talk that this is why we we need more women in tech, so the narrative of destruction can be balanced by a narrative of creation. I am not naive, and I recognise the potential for harm – but my...
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So after my reflection on the train – the first speaker at Webstock, Elle Luna focused on finding the pathway that finds a balance between our “shoulds” and what we “must”do to meet our personal calling. While she recognised the potential tension between a job, a career and a calling the line that somehow took my breath away and keeps repeating itself in my head is: “Where do you go to find a dream...
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This morning in the train I was thinking about Lent, and about some Facebook friends talking about “giving something up”. I find it interesting that the idea of giving something up or making a change at this time of year seems so attractive to some people, even those without the context of a Catholic tradition. Pope Francis tweeted earlier this week “during Lent let us find ways to overcome our indifference”....
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