Brighten The Corner Where You Are
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kerravonsenThe world is so full of FAIL at the moment. Misogyny, injustice, hate - and from my own government!
I don't want to feel angry, frustrated and helpless. I did my bit to try to prevent Abbott getting in, I did! He got in anyway.
So tell me, friends, what can I do, in the time between now and 2016, to improve my little corner of the world? Because that would cheer me up more than just retweeting Abbott!Fail.
Edited to add: To get a better idea of my frame of mind, the following is the start of the song from which the title of this post comes:
Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do
Do not wait to shed your light afar
To the many duties ever near you now be true
Brighten the corner where you are.
Brighten the corner where you are
Brighten the corner where you are
Someone far from harbour you may guide across the bar
Brighten the corner where you are.
So I want to be able to do something, myself, very local, just to make things brighter. Not something necessarily big.
Edited to add some more:
Well! An answer to unspoken prayer, I think. I just got an email from someone who uses one of my Perl modules - uses it in many websites and likes it a lot. I just need to update the documentation, because he had some questions. But someone is Using My Stuff! And likes it!
So that's something I can do. Me on my little lonesome. Get back to my FOSS and fix some of the things that need fixing. I don't need to do it all at once - I've been daunted when I looked at the list - but just do some of it. Because some is more than nothing. And somebody is using my stuff!!! \o/
I don't want to feel angry, frustrated and helpless. I did my bit to try to prevent Abbott getting in, I did! He got in anyway.
So tell me, friends, what can I do, in the time between now and 2016, to improve my little corner of the world? Because that would cheer me up more than just retweeting Abbott!Fail.
Edited to add: To get a better idea of my frame of mind, the following is the start of the song from which the title of this post comes:
Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do
Do not wait to shed your light afar
To the many duties ever near you now be true
Brighten the corner where you are.
Brighten the corner where you are
Brighten the corner where you are
Someone far from harbour you may guide across the bar
Brighten the corner where you are.
So I want to be able to do something, myself, very local, just to make things brighter. Not something necessarily big.
Edited to add some more:
Well! An answer to unspoken prayer, I think. I just got an email from someone who uses one of my Perl modules - uses it in many websites and likes it a lot. I just need to update the documentation, because he had some questions. But someone is Using My Stuff! And likes it!
So that's something I can do. Me on my little lonesome. Get back to my FOSS and fix some of the things that need fixing. I don't need to do it all at once - I've been daunted when I looked at the list - but just do some of it. Because some is more than nothing. And somebody is using my stuff!!! \o/
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Date: 2013-09-16 10:56 pm (UTC)Also, social justice programs through your church?
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Date: 2013-09-16 11:05 pm (UTC)Yes, I'm already involved in one.
Also, social justice programs through your church?
Now that's a thought.
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Date: 2013-09-17 03:30 am (UTC)Someone is using your stuff! \o/