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May this find you well and kindly treated.

Best wishes for less Suffering, more Happiness with Good Health and Time to Enjoy it. Welcome to Chinese calendar 庚子年 Metal Rat 4717 (or 4657) to 辛丑年 Metal Ox 4718 (or 4658).

Let’s begin by sharing a timely aspiration:
"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."
Attributed to the Buddha (c563-c483 BCE)

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Otherwise, the following monthly curation from publicly available information is offered below for consideration.

Topics

Guest Sings
Street Jives
Wisdom Reconciles
Media Writes
TED Talks
Music Challenges
Acknowledgments

Guest Sings

Approx 5 min presentation

Street Jives

Approx 2 min presentation
Sesame Street: We All Sing the Same Song

Wisdom Reconciles

Media Writes

Approx 5 min reads

Intro
Kerrie O’Brien explores place, people and purpose, reviewing a new book and "Why Warren Kirk lets his pictures do the talking” via The Age

Caitlin Fitzsimmons explores interconnectedness of nurture, nature and familial identity, sharing testimony why "'I'm still the same person inside': Olivia's journey coming out as a transgender teen” via WA Today

Louise Rugendyke explores self-isolation, ageing and playing for laughs, revealing why "‘It’s the price I pay’: the line Judith Lucy can’t cross with Denise Scott” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Intra
Vince Rugari explores migration, skillfulness and neighbourly connecting, citing "How an 82-year-old neighbour helped an A-League defender find his zen” via WA Today

Dilvin Yasa explores different migrant reasons to call Australia home, recounting how "The first months were hard, then Nibal learnt the best thing about Australia” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Chloe Booker explores commissioned art shows a pathway to reenergising urban landscape when "Mythical creatures land in city streets as Royal Children's Hospital marks 150 years” via The Age

Inter
Shona Martyn explores loving, separateness and interconnectedness over lunch with "Stephanie Dowrick's lessons of intimacy and solitude from the pandemic” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephanie Bunbury explores people, displacement and belonging when reviewing a new film with "Actor Simon Baker on Indigenous massacres: owning history isn't easy” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Kimberly Gillan explores the value of non-judging interaction, writing of importance "When mindfulness leads to more stress, remember the key ingredient” via The Age

Multi
Claire G. Coleman explores place, people and purpose when reviewing a new art exhibition, "Never been to paradise? Tiwi art offers a glimpse” via The Age

Susan Biggar explores identity, place and sharing her family’s migrant experience of coming home, why "Australia Day is a reminder for my family that this is now our home” via The Brisbane Times

Kate Cox explores her big backyard with family, joy and time, recounting how "A gap year around Australia changed our family” via The Brisbane Times

All
Jennifer Duke explores accounting of sexual diversity is coming to age, now "Census to provide gender non-binary option to better measure diversity” via WA Today

Alison Page explores how multiculturalism is an ongoing story, starting with the Dreamtime, writing how "Australia Day a vital part of conversation about who we are” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Tara Parker-Pope explores self-restraint, successful strategies and motivational ways "To make your new health habit easier, use these friction-busting ideas” via WA Today

Togather
Adam Carey explores the value in a safe place to call home and supportive learning environments, citing contributing factors why "Less than three years after fleeing terror, Abdul is dux of Dandenong” via The Age

Miki Perkins explores a time-proven tradition of the benefits of managing land in more sustainable ways, explaining "What is cultural burning?” Via The Age

Parnell Palme McGuinness explores big thinking, identified needs and overcoming obstacles in "How to make us all a little better, starting with teenagers” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Nobly
Andrew Stephens reviews the ongoing themes, humour and lifelong skilfulness in "Blak like me: how Destiny Deacon used art to shout back at racists” via The Sydney Morning Herald

Benjamin Law explores visibility, opportunity and equity to access, talking dicey topics Sex, Politics and Death with "Dylan Alcott: 'I’m proud of my disability, I’m proud of who I am’” via WA Today

Clay Lucas and Aisha Dow explores how healing community on the frontline is an ongoing affair and why "After 'the worst' year, Sunshine Hospital staff are hoping for the best” via The Age

TED Talks

5-20 min presentations

Music Challenges

Approx 30 min presentation + reflection times

If desired, a short selection of publicly available material on a chosen theme for personal reflection.

For best results, sit comfortably with a straight back, have headphones in a shared space, after each clicked link, allow a little reflection with your personally-held view before clicking on the next link.

Get ready to Reflect!
Choose your playing level:
Be introduced at 1.
Be soothed at 2-4.
Be shocked at 5.
Be inspired at 6.
Fuller illumination 1-6.
You be the judge. Or not.

Cryptic Clue:
The past explains how we got to here, but what do we need to acknowledge first to make a more equitable present and a brighter future together?

Inspire
Perspire
Collaborate
Engage: Test for personal circumstances, if useful keep, if unuseful discard, if exceeds needs, share mindfully
Endure: Adapt for present times without sacrificing intent
Endear: (Inspiring Others To Tend the Flame) live/ demonstrate/ inspire/ teach experience with others

attitude
[at’tih'tood]
From late 17th century (denoting the placing or posture of a figure in art): from French, from Italian attitudine = fitness, posture, from late Latin aptitudo, from aptus = fit + tudo = state or condition

a settled way of thinking or feeling about something. Ie, they were questioned on their attitude towards Reconciliation. Ie, being competitive is an attitude of mind.
a position of the body indicating a particular mental state. Ie, the child was standing in an attitude of anticipation.
(Ballet) a position in which one leg is lifted behind with the knee bent at right angles and turned out, and the corresponding arm is raised above the head, the other extended to the side.
(informal) truculent or uncooperative behaviour. Ie, I asked the waiter for a clean fork and all I got was attitude.
individuality and self-confidence. Ie, the boss snapped her fingers with attitude.
(Aviation) orientation of an aircraft or spacecraft, relative to the direction of travel.

aptitude
[apt’tih’tood]
From late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin aptitudo, from aptus = fit or fitted + tudo = state or condition

a natural ability to do something. Ie, children with an aptitude for painting and drawing.
a natural tendency. Ie, the aptitude of this society is to assimilate new elements.
appropriateness or suitability in the circumstances. Ie, the aptitude of the night’s theme could not be more fitting.
(archaic) suitability or fitness. Ie, aptitude of expression.

latitude
[lat’tih’tood]
From late Middle English: from Latin latitudo = breadth, from latus = broad + tudo = state or condition

the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of the equator of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. Ie, at a latitude of 51° N. Ie, lines of latitude.
(latitudes) regions, especially with reference to their temperature and distance from the equator. Ie, temperate latitudes. Ie, northern latitudes.
scope for freedom of action or thought. Ie, journalists have considerable latitude in criticizing public figures.
(Photography) the range of exposures for which an emulsion or printing paper will give acceptable contrast. Ie, a film with a latitude which is outstanding.

gratitude
[grat’tih’tood]
From late Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin gratitudo, from Latin gratus = pleasing, thankful + tudo = state or condition

the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to acknowledge kindness. Ie, the applicant expressed their gratitude to the committee for their support.
(Buddhism) filial piety prescribed and practiced in three ways:
- repaying the gratitude toward one's parents;
- an intentional action/deed causing good karma or merit;
- and as a sustainable contribution to, by and with the social order.

[Practice]

Optional
-- Chant Mantrastyle

History shows there is no greater insanity than doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. A useful attitude to adopt is to learn from mistakes and adapt/abandon/embrace with aptitude. The future hasn't been determined yet, is full of potential and influenced by what we do now. With latitude, now is being present: maintaining course, adjusting speed or altering direction as required by the situation. With gratitude, the most important step is the first step, without this, there is no progress. The second and subsequent steps make a journey for self while clearing a path along the ground for others to follow.

Why? Why not?
Start today.
As the case may be.
Or not.

Acknowledgments

Reconciliation

Acknowledging traditional inhabitants of Cities of Port Phillip and Glen Eira are the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation. Respect is offered to past, present and future elders of all spiritual traditions. May we find together a generous way to accommodate those in need of refuge. Let us be cool, strive individually and together to overcome inequality, violence, disengagement, tragedy and injustice wherever it may be. Let us honour, savor and enjoy results of mindful effort so more thrive peacefully with less effort in our place called home.

Invitation to Support Content Creators

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Caretaker Disclosure

Words and concepts are conditional things that point to a 'reflection of experience'. They are limited and do not adequately describe the 'full lived experience'. Like the moon's reflection on a lake's surface, it is not the moon, nor the experience of gazing up at the darkened sky transformed by the presence of a full moon. It is in the eyes/ears/nose/mouth/touch/cognisance of the beholder.

This curation is an interpretation of the universal basis of re:lig:ion (Latin = again:uniting:energy). This email invites a sharing of countless thoughts, words and actions wishing, causing and receiving less Suffering and more Happiness. For benefit initially of the individual increasing in beneficiaries until it includes all across the 3 times and 10 directions. Or not. As each case may be.

It is not personal, it just the way things are.

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