Last weekend I got to spend some time in my favourite place on the planet, Portstewart. I’ve spent a lot of time in Portstewart over the last few years; it’s a place that fills me with peace, that allows me grace to slow down, to slow, slow.
Slow.
Wendy wrote recently that maybe this will be the year of slow.
Maybe it will be.
[More photographs on flickr here.]
At the beginning of December I got to hear Muhammad Yunus give a lecture at Glasgow Caledonian university (notes here). The university recorded the lecture, and you can view it online here. If your interested in microfinance and social justice, it’s well worth a watch.
A few new years goals…
The finances thing is a big one for me. I really want to get to grips with it, figure out how to be wise with my money. I have no idea how it’s going to look yet, but a few years back I was inspired by Ryan & Holly, and now feels like the right time to really get a handle on it.
It’s that time of year when everyone is thinking about what’s ahead, and I’ve been enjoying reading the thoughts of people wiser than myself. There are a few of those thoughts that have been ruminating in my head…
“What am I working on that is BIG?” [Brad Lomenick]
“I will not settle with resolutions that only serve me.” [Kirsty Mac]
“The opportunity this year is bigger than ever: to lead change, to create a movement in a direction you want to go. While the rest of your world huddles and holds back, here’s a golden chance to use cheap media, available attention and great talent to make something that matters.” [Seth Godin]
What about you, what are you aiming for this year?
One of my Christmas presents this year was John Mayers album, Continuum. It’s a great album – of what I’ve heard of him so far, it’s definitely my favourite. I’ve been loving this particular song…
Is there anyone who
Ever remembers changing there mind from
The paint on a sign?
Is there anyone who really recalls
Ever breaking rank at all
For something someone yelled real loud one timeEveryone believes
In how they think it ought to be
Everyone believes
And they’re not going easilyBelief is a beautiful armor
But makes for the heaviest sword
Like punching under water
You never can hit who you’re trying forSome need the exhibition
And some have to know they tried
It’s the chemical weapon
For the war that’s raging on insideEveryone believes
From emptiness to everything
Everyone believes
And no ones going quietlyWe’re never gonna win the world
We’re never gonna stop the war
We’re never gonna beat this
If belief is what we’re fighting forWhat puts a hundred thousand children in the sand
Belief can
Belief can
What puts the folded flag inside his mother’s hand
Belief can
Belief can[Belief – John Mayer]
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