So 2 months on and where are we?
Excuse me if at this point I quote a favourite quote because it does apply here:
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back — concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:
that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.“
~ Goethe
Please don`t run away with the idea that I am a reader of Goethe: I can`t even verify that Goethe said or wrote this but I came across it years ago and have it pinned up on a lot of walls.
And everything that`s happened re the BookBus has brought it to mind once more.
We did have more meetings but more importantly we started to do stuff and as soon as we started to do stuff - and told people what and why - all sorts of things did indeed occur, and are occurring, that "would never otherwise have occurred."
Hooray for occurrences:the craft event;the silent auction;the car boot sale - we`re up and running!
But, you are no doubt impatiently asking by now, who are "we" and where exactly are we going and.....well, first things first.
"We" are five enthusiastic bibliophiles who have stumbled across the opportunity to pass on some of that enthusiasm in a place where opportunities are far fewer than we`ve been privileged to enjoy.
So now might be a good time to check out
www.thebookbus.org
TBC
Sunday 14 October 2012
Sunday 5 August 2012
Sunday 05.08.2012
"But there will be chickens," I say as the thought strikes me. "There are always chickens".
On trips through Asia and sojourns in Africa there have always been chickens - scratching round in the dust, in crates at the markets, travelling on buses.
Fortunately I like chickens. I even have chickens at home.
S. doesn`t. In fact you might say she is ornithophobic - if you could pronounce it. But such is the appeal of the trip we are undertaking that she smiles and says confidently "It`ll be fine."
It`s taken several weeks:from stumbling more or less randomly on thebookbus.org,
to thinking "I`d love to do that", followed by "well why not?" and finally "why don`t you come too?" Now there are five of us,all fired up and raring to go.
So where to start?
A convivial gathering at S`s house seemed as good a way as any and so it proved. Partners and friends joined us to talk about raising awareness of what the Book Bus does,raising funds to help us go, not to mention playing devil`s advocate about the wisdom of the whole idea.
We ate, we talked, we talked and ate and by the end of the evening had created a wonderful "thought-shower" (or in this case maybe deluge)of ideas, some of which were delegated to individuals to explore,others of which were put on hold as being pure fantasy and all of which left us excited but maybe a tad bewildered as to how to pull it all together.
Obvious answer: another meeting.
So in a few days time we will gather at M`s house, just the five of us,to distil the enthusiasm into realistic targets and book our places on a fantastic adventure.
(One of my delegated tasks was to start this blog, documenting our progress. Consider it started. Input from everyone hopefully: mistakes all mine naturally.
Details of our group and more about the Book Bus to follow.)
On trips through Asia and sojourns in Africa there have always been chickens - scratching round in the dust, in crates at the markets, travelling on buses.
Fortunately I like chickens. I even have chickens at home.
S. doesn`t. In fact you might say she is ornithophobic - if you could pronounce it. But such is the appeal of the trip we are undertaking that she smiles and says confidently "It`ll be fine."
It`s taken several weeks:from stumbling more or less randomly on thebookbus.org,
to thinking "I`d love to do that", followed by "well why not?" and finally "why don`t you come too?" Now there are five of us,all fired up and raring to go.
So where to start?
A convivial gathering at S`s house seemed as good a way as any and so it proved. Partners and friends joined us to talk about raising awareness of what the Book Bus does,raising funds to help us go, not to mention playing devil`s advocate about the wisdom of the whole idea.
We ate, we talked, we talked and ate and by the end of the evening had created a wonderful "thought-shower" (or in this case maybe deluge)of ideas, some of which were delegated to individuals to explore,others of which were put on hold as being pure fantasy and all of which left us excited but maybe a tad bewildered as to how to pull it all together.
Obvious answer: another meeting.
So in a few days time we will gather at M`s house, just the five of us,to distil the enthusiasm into realistic targets and book our places on a fantastic adventure.
(One of my delegated tasks was to start this blog, documenting our progress. Consider it started. Input from everyone hopefully: mistakes all mine naturally.
Details of our group and more about the Book Bus to follow.)
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