This was a thought-provoking start to my day and I couldn’t resist reposting.
Dr Jeremy Hannay reflects eloquently on how “It doesn’t have to feel like a fight”.
In a recent response to a comment on one of my posts I quoted The Kinks et al…….. “𝘐’𝘮 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳”, so this really resonates.
Just yesterday, I shared a little something about me with my wonderful AFIS colleague Craig Jenkinson that seems apposite to share here too, in light of Dr Jeremy Hannay’s profound message.
Many years ago I read an interview with a mother whose family had suffered dreadfully throughout the genocide inflicted by the Khmer Rouge. Her children had been killed. Some years later she founded an incredible NGO that was doing great work in an area unrelated to war and civil conflict. The journalist asked her why she was doing this and not fighting back directly against the forces that had caused her great pain and loss. She said "I would rather live my life fighting FOR something, than AGAINST something". That statement touched me deeply and I try to apply the same philosophy to my life (and pass it on to my children).
This is very much part of our values at AFIS too. We are passionate about championing parental choice in education and 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 on the strong partnerships between our families and schools, whose shared commitment and values help shape exceptional young people who contribute meaningfully to society and the economy.
It was the generosity, and creative thinking and eloquence of the aforementioned Craig Jenkinson that prompted me to initiate our “shining a light” communications campaign. I believe we can all benefit a great deal by spreading as much joy as we can (and spreading as little misery as possible).
“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙞𝙩. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙬 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠, 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨.”
A marketing agency would have charged us a lot for this brilliant creative input. We’ve been gifted it by a voluntary member of our AFIS advisory panel. How fortunate we are. How grateful I am.
