Fen Druadìn

Image contains words in black on a yellow gradient background with a photo in the middle. The words at top read: "Your mission today, should you choose to accept:" Below the image, the words read, "Read a book. Some wise earlier version of you already chose the words you need. They're in a book, in a stack nearby. Go, listen to the call. Read." Image in the center is contained in an irregular ovaloid shape and features books on a bookstore shelf. It includes titles such as the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, The Flowering Wand by Sophie Strand, The Blooming Of A Lotus by Thich Nhat Hanh, One Long Listening by Chenxing Han, and several others.

This one actually does not require you to read the longer version. But if you want to, it's here:

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Image contains words on a green background above a photo of a bear. The words read "Your mission today, should you choose to accept: Run plays. Plan to stay safe, plan to make a difference." Text above the image urges readers to read the longer version of the mission which is available at https://tinyurl.com/4vwpbdaa

Your mission today, should you choose to accept. This one definitely requires a visit to the longer form version for context:

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Cream words on a yellow background above an image. Words read: "Your mission, should you choose to accept: Feel a pain beyond yourself and do one beautiful thing to address it." Copyright information is offered on the right-hand side and reads "Copyright Fen Druadìn 2024)." Image is of several items arranged on a polished wood surface. Prominent is a stainless steel vase of bright yellow and purple flowers, several bones including an animal skull, as well as rocks, antlers, dried mushrooms, several figurines, feathers, a pride flag, a wooden dagger, paper dragons, and a photo of a man with a young person (the photo is of the author when young, with one of their beloved dead).

The full mission is up on Medium: medium.com/@fendruadin/...

This is a tough one, folks, but I know you've got this. It's just ONE thing. And it's already in your mind - you don't have to choose, just the one that burns you up when you think of it. Just that one, or one step toward it.

For the full mission write-up: medium.com/@fendruadin/...

But we don't have to. We can choose another path. We can choose to stand between the fascists and the people they threaten first. We can say *it stops with me*.

They're following the playbook.

I made a thing. Folks have been asking me for a while to make merch out of some of their favorite quotes from my work. This one is from this short essay: tinyurl.com/dd3rs4ew

And you can buy the mug here: tinyurl.com/2vj359ca

There are some shirts & hoodies too. Lemme know if you want those links.

Image of a cat asleep below text that reads, "Today's mission, should you choose to accept: Rest. That's it. Just rest. That's the whole mission."

Despite what Toby (the cat) wants you to think, there is actually more to this mission than just one word.

You don't have to read the whole thing, you can just lie there like a lump, which in itself fulfills the mission.

But if you want to, you can read the full mission here: tinyurl.com/3kf69fdf

Image shows barefeet on a sandy trail. Text reads "Your mission, should you choose to accept: Walk away. (And you may discover you can fly.) Credit is given to Fen Druadìn

Full mission is up on the book of faces. Starting tomorrow, I'll have these up on Medium as well, so you don't ever have to go back to the Zuck place again to grab them.

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Thank you <3. I feel seen. It's tough but so am I. Sometimes.

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Image of trees in golden Fall color. Text reads: Your mission today... Check on your strong friends. Ask someone to tea. We need the strong ones, we need the hurting ones, and they are often the same person.

Should you choose to accept...

(Full post is up on the book of faces: www.facebook.com/FenWrites/po...)

Hiya! I'm honored by all the follows on this my 1st and 2nd days in the Blue Sky. A lot of y'all came over from the other blue place of the faces. What about the rest of you?

Holla at me in the replies & tell me how you found me. That includes if you followed from FB! Excited to get to know yas.

I really like how it doesn't suppress external links! I'm liking this as a place to connect and share updates & links to longer form. I think this is going to work really well!

Thanks! I have looked at it in the past. I'll probably use Medium or Patreon (which is owned by artists, not tech bros). I got frustrated at the way Substack forced me to subscribe to a bunch of things before I could even begin and then I was suddenly INUNDATED by emails. But I might look again.

Photo of a yellow butterfly on a pink thistle flower. Text reads "Today's Mission, If you choose to accept. Today, we will breathe like a pilot, navigating enemy flak and delivering the crew to safety."

The full post is up on the book of faces, here: www.facebook.com/FenWrites/po...

I will be setting up a blog very soon, to hold the long-form versions of my posts. For now, with apologies, you'll have to click through to Facebook to read the full thing.

Hahaha

Thank you!

Hi!

Where do I find "starter pack" or tutorials or something? I want to make this work for us.

This isn't actually the whole thing. I don't know why. I edited it down to meet the character limit, but it truncated it further anyway.

Hm. But it's not the whole thing, actually. I edited the whole thing down to the character limit, but it is truncated anyway.

Hm. I don't see how to read the alt text in a readable format. It doesn't seem to show anything but the top portion of it.

Your mission today, should you choose to accept it, is to get back up. We are in hard times and barreling toward harder times. It's gonna be a rough ride. Today, if you are willing, we are going to practice strength and resilience in the face of insurmountable odds. (I know, dear ones, I know. Bear with me for a moment.) You know that scene in every action film, at the climax where everything is riding on one last fight, the main character is down for the count, and you know it's about all over, but then they find that last ounce of strength and they stand up and they win the fight? That's the one. It's cheesy, I know. It's not realistic, I know. But what is real is that you only lose the battle when you don't get up again. And that day may come, but maybe not today. Just for today, I want you to take a moment and check in with yourself and discover whether there is even one last ounce of strength left. One little bit. If there's not, then I want you to practice saying to yourself: Well, I can't get up right now, but maybe I will later. I will stay here until I can. If there is, then I want you to practice saying to yourself: Okay, I have one ounce of strength left. I'm going to make it count. Just for today, loves. Tomorrow you can collapse again, if that is what you must do. And on any day - ANY day - you must turn to yourself and do what is right for you, not what anyone is telling you to do, not even me. But today, if you choose to accept this mission, I want you to get up. I want you to do one thing. Brush your teeth. Comb your hair. Plan the next step in whatever it is that you're planning. Check on a neighbor. Get some breakfast and a coffee. Schedule a family meeting. Figure out where you need to go to resolve a problem. Tune in to a community that is doing work you want to be a part of. Read an article about how to birth a new world out of the wreckage of this old one. Go, prepare the soil of your garden for next season. Now, don't mistake me…

I put a whole essay into an alt text. Look at me, learning and growing.

Got it! I'll give this a try

I don't mean to say the platform is terrible. Only that this way of managing long form content on it is terrible. I will figure it out.

You can also sign up for my email if you want, and I send these out that way: eepurl.com/ix4gsA

Okay, this is completely terrible. I cannot write an entire essay this way, not even copying and pasting. Currently the essay is up on the big blue ugly, FB, if you want to read it: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1....

Today, if you are willing, we are going to practice strength and resilience in the face of insurmountable odds.

(I know, beloveds, I know. Bear with me for a moment.)

You know that scene in every action film, at the climax where everything is riding on one last fight, where (3/many)

Good morning, beloveds.

It is November 13, 2024.

Your mission today, should you choose to accept it, is to get back up.

We are in hard times and barreling toward harder times. It's gonna be a rough ride. (2/many)