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Passion Project Week 4: Impact Over Income

I read a talk this week from Dallin H. Oaks entitled ' Why Do We Serve? ' It is a stirring call to action that invites the reader to consider their intentions for doing good in the world. I highly recommend it, if you are interested in reflecting on your own intentions. For me, President Oak's message generated deep thoughts on why and how I'm promoting this Passion Project. In the last couple weeks I've considered if my passion project is just the career course I referenced

Slade Thackeray

4 days ago3 min read

Passion Project Week 3: How can I help?

I wrote a poem some years ago titled, "Daffodil Fingers." It goes like this Daffodil Fingers Can you see her there? An ancient friend,...

Slade Thackeray

Oct 103 min read

Passion Project Week 2: Scriptures and Avatar

A mentor reached out this week to ask how I was doing. I said, "Pushing the envelope and trying to make big things happen. So, naturally...

Slade Thackeray

Oct 33 min read

Passion Project Week 1: Nothing to it but to do it.

I transitioned away from higher education and into a private mental health practice in 2021 because I was hungry. I was hungry for...

Slade Thackeray

Sep 263 min read

Study No. 6: When there is nothing left

She called it accumulated sadness. In the same way people talk about old money. Her sadness was old. From before her time. Gifted to her as an inheritance by the prior generation. In the early years she balked at the melancholic tradition, swishing and chasseing through life until there was nothing left but a naked reality that didn’t pay the bills or buy enough food. they were right to be sad she said. when there is nothing left Her face as flat as the morning sea. She

Slade Thackeray

Mar 42 min read