Le Weekly #48 – Dong Dong Dong 🔔

One quote, one word, one shoutout, one story, one neigh from Philosophical Horse and one question.

Greetings everyone. Happy Monday!

Take a moment to reflect on each snippet. Comment your thoughts below.

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Le Quote 🗣

“I blame no one in my life but me.” – Jack from Coffee Jess.

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Le Word 💬

support (noun) a thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright.

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Le Shoutout 🧣

In four weeks time, “Le Weekly 52” will come out.

When that happens, a 52-week streak will be completed, and a year-long challenge will come to an end. More importantly, a tough decision will need to be made:

Continue or conclude Le Weekly.

If I continue, it will be a celebration of this newsletter.

If I conclude, it will be a celebration of this newsletter.

Either way, it will be a celebration of this newsletter.

Either way, it will be a celebration of you, too.

“Support is a thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright”, and this newsletter would never exist the way it exists today without you.

So, in the words of Le Weekly from me to you, shoutout for being part of this.

Shoutout to you.

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Le Story ✍️

Republished from Le Blogue 5.

About 40 minutes into my walk the other day, the morning chapel bells started ringing from the school nearby.

I used to go to that school.

For whatever reason, tears sprung to my eyes. The school was at least two kilometres away, yet the sound carried perfectly through the crisp morning air.

To anyone unaffiliated with the school, the bells might feel intrusive. However, for me, the sound always calms me down. I feel connected to my past.

I hadn’t heard the bells in a while, so I wanted to get closer. I wanted to really hear them.

I continued walking through the park towards the chapel. As I got closer to the chapel (and further away from the park), I got closer to the road. As I got closer to the road, I got closer to the school traffic. As I got closer to the school traffic, the sound of vehicles started drowning out the bells. Still, I continued walking towards the chapel, but the bells kept getting softer as the cars got louder. Finally, upon exiting the park and standing next to the road, I couldn’t hear the bells at all.

Just traffic, engines and cars.

Luckily, after spending 13 years at the school, I learned when the bells started ringing each morning. More importantly, I learned what time they stopped. 

I looked at my watch and noticed I only had a minute or two before the final bell dong’d. The final bell is the best bell because it isn’t followed by another bell. The final dong creates a stillness in the air for a few seconds. Everything seems to pause as the residual reverberations reverberate.

If I wanted to hear the final bell on that particular morning, I needed to make a swift decision. Either I needed to keep pushing through the suburbs towards the chapel or head back the way I had come from the park. 

I looked at my watch.

Although I couldn’t hear the bells, I knew they were still playing. I knew they were still there.

“Any second now.”

I needed to make a decision. After a few seconds of pondering, a decision was made.

I walked away from the road and returned to the park. Step after step, the traffic got quieter, and the bells got louder until, after walking about 200m, I couldn’t hear any cars... and the bells sounded as crisp as before.

And then, majestically, the final bell:

*dong ———*

Stillness.

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Le Neigh from Philosophical Horse 🐴

“Neigh.” – Philosophical Horse.

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Le Question 🤔

Which support structure has beared your weight or kept you upright?

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Le Weekly Habit 🌱

with 4WKS Coffee.

Every month, 4WKS sends out a “habit card”. Each card has five prompts printed on it.

This month’s theme is “blooming marvellously”.

This week’s prompt is:

#1: Use this week to clear out the clutter in your space, whether it’s your desk, cupboard, or place. Take an extra step to donate anything you no longer need.

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Have a powerful Monday, everyone.

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