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diff --git a/src/koszko_org_website/templates/en/posts/2022-11-30-how-i-fought...-another-view.html.jinja b/src/koszko_org_website/templates/en/posts/2022-11-30-how-i-fought...-another-view.html.jinja new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d7264a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/koszko_org_website/templates/en/posts/2022-11-30-how-i-fought...-another-view.html.jinja @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +{# +SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 + +koszko.org website post (How I fought... another view, english). + +Copyright (C) 2022 Wojtek Kosior <koszko@koszko.org> +#} + +{% extends "__koszko_base.html.jinja" %} + +{% block title %} How I fought... another view {% endblock %} + +{% block subheading_text %} How I fought... another view {% endblock %} + +{% block content %} + {% call section() %} + {{ italic('2022-11-30') }} + {% call para() %} + In 2021 I defended my BSc thesis. + My article about the fight to be able to study using libre tools landed on + the + {% call link('https://www.gnu.org/education/how-i-fought-to-graduate-without-using-non-free-software.html') -%} + GNU project website + {%- endcall %}. + So far so good. + {% endcall %} + {% call para() %} + It so happened that later on, when preparing to some evengelization event, + I was supposed to prepare some testimony of mine. + I ended up describing the same story. + But this time from a spiritual viewpoint. + I later decided it's probably worth sharing. + So, here it is. + {% endcall %} + {% endcall %} + {% call section('testimony') %} + {{ header(2, 'Testimony for Evangelization') }} + {% call para() %} + Besides being a Catholic, I am also a libre software guy. + One who doesn't tolerate Windows, Google, etc. + {% endcall %} + {% call para() %} + Whe remote teaching began, I had a problem. I was determined not to run + Teams, etc. on my devices. + I was bending the ears of all my university teachers so that they allow me + to complete their courses with some libre tools that I accept. + At the same time, taking — perhaps slightly incorrectly — inspiration from + the "Jesus, You take care of it" prayer, I was determined not to + e.g. complain to the dean about the teachers unwilling to cooperate. + That approach was perhaps not completely absurd after all — God himself + loves all people so much that He does not push them into a corner but + rather gives them freedom, even freedom to choose evil. + {% endcall %} + {% call para() %} + All this was a terrible experience and the stress was up to here. In spite + of this, I got to complete the last 2 semesters of the BSc studies. + And there were also some incredible moments. + For example when I thought I was going to fail the compilers class because + I "did not come" to an exam on Teams. + At that time I prayed a bit, perhaps also cried and eventually started + revising the compilers material "just in case". + And suddenly, I learned from a friend that Teams did not bear the load of + over 100 students connecting simultaneously and that the exam would + instead be conducted via email. + {% endcall %} + {% call para() %} + I still have some doubts with respect to particular choices. Perhaps I + should have been less radical in some cases? + Or perhaps I could have been more and e.g. also rejected using nonfree + platforms from lab computers? + {% endcall %} + {% call para() %} + But even though I was certainly committing {{ bold('some') }} mistakes + over those 2 semesters (as we know, every man sins) I believed Him to care + about me all the time. + {% endcall %} + {% call para() %} + After all this I met one libre software hacker from the US who had an + identical situation. Except he didn't make it. + He gave up on the studies rather quickly because he didn't see a chance. + He happens to be a non-believer. + {% endcall %} + {% call para() %} + I was successful not thanks to being more clever or more persuasive — as I + am likely not — but rather because I tried. + And I only had motivation for trying because I believe in certain Jesus + who died for us on a cross and through that can fix all the evil that + harms us. + {% endcall %} + {% call para() %} + Looking behind on all that stress, fear and everything that constitutes + the metaphorical "cross of life", I see it has a purpose. + It brings me closer to God once again. + {% endcall %} + {% call para() %} + But for the purpose to be present in one's suffering, one first needs to + make the decision to suffer it together with God. + {% endcall %} + {% endcall %} +{% endblock %} |