| Sunday, 11 February 2024 |
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Good morning [%first_name |Dear Reader%],
Good morning and welcome to spring! Winter, or what we have for it down south, is receding. The days are definitely (and perhaps forebodingly) warmer and sunnier. There are new shoots, leaves, and flowers all over town.
Alas, this means that for the next few weeks, we Bangaloreans turn insufferable as we marvel and talk about the Tabebuia trees that line our roads. Sure, we also have Jacarandas, Gulmohars, Copper pods, and African Tulips, but it’s the pink and yellow Tabebuias that we are most wowed by. Pink Tabebuias are our very own cherry blossoms (see, how quickly I became insufferable too!).
But, I mean, can you really blame us? Here’s one just beginning to bloom a bit further down the road from my place, taken in the morning light.
Here’s another one already in peak bloom right outside our (office) neighbourhood Blue Tokai, taken in the unforgiving afternoon light. Same flowers, entirely different look right?
Enough about pink Tabebuias for now. But we have to celebrate spring! So, send in your best spring photos, music, and book recommendations using these links: Photos, Books, Music.
I want to tell you that today’s edition is pretty fascinating. I set out to analyse and present the results of the community survey we did earlier on the top three values we desire to live life by.
But before we get to that, here’s everything we have for you this week:
1. Values for Life
2. #FPPodcast 🎙️
3. #SilentSunday—Breaking out 📦 🦋
4. #FPBooks 📚
1. Values for life
There were 277 of you who took the community survey from our 14 January edition (“The Third Value”). In case you weren’t one of them, or have forgotten the survey altogether, here’s a refresher.
1. We asked you what your top three values for life would be
2. Then we asked you what in your opinion the top values for children should be, growing up
3. To help qualify responses, we asked if your top three values for yourself were different from the ones you suggested for children.
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