One.
Human beings are idiots.1
Extend grace.
In Christian theology, grace has a specific meaning: underserved kindness. I think that’s a beautiful idea. It also reveals a fantastic power that you have. You have power to show kindness to idiots who don’t deserve it! When you extend grace, you free yourself from being a victim of people’s idiocy and you help yourself and the idiot remember that they are better than their current behaviour.
Two.
There have been a lot of throwbacks lately, not a lot of drawings. What’s going on is I’m working on finding a new job. I’m working on a new FFOREST drawing project that will be super fun (for me, at least) once I get the up front work done. And this week my family is dealing with some heavy heavy stuff.
We need a break.
So we’re taking one, starting right now. TREE will be back on 16 May with a series of posts from new guest author Cali Bird. They are so good! FIELD GUIDE will be back on 20 May with possibly my favourite post so far. It’s by a guy named Jared.
Thank you for your grace toward us.
Three.
A few months ago kids were all into Hayloft, which is a great song. This is an overlooked gem from the album.
Catch you in 10 days.
Keep growing slowly
Jeff
Human beings are lots of other things too, but we’re going with one thought per email.