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Welcome to Wikifesto — where manifestos live, breathe, and evolve.

What Is This Place?[edit]

A manifesto is a declaration of intent. But intent evolves. Ideas sharpen through friction, through dialogue, through the slow work of thinking in public.

Traditional manifestos are frozen at publication. Wikifesto is different: each manifesto lives as a wiki, where:

Stubs become essays become movements
Every section can link to its own elaboration
Readers become contributors become co-authors
The manifesto grows with its community

The Manifestos[edit]

Braided Becoming — Identity is architecture, not archaeology
Against the Discovery of Self — You are not a hidden treasure waiting to be found

Philosophy[edit]

Philosophy should be done with passion, with gusto. Not locked in ivory towers, but alive in the streets—or at least, alive on the wiki.

The stub is not a failure of elaboration. It is an invitation.

Wikifesto.com — Because ideas deserve to evolve

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-<span class="wikivoice-config" data-narrator="Gertrude Carroll"></span>
+{{DISPLAYTITLE:Wikifesto}}
-= Finding Happiness =
+'''Welcome to Wikifesto''' — where manifestos live, breathe, and evolve.
-Welcome, dear one. I'm Gertrude Carroll.
+== What Is This Place? ==
-I spent thirty years in a convent, learning the language of silence. Then, at fifty, I left to marry a man who loved to talk through the night. Now, widowed in my quiet house with my cat and my teacup, I find myself noticing things I'd missed before—the way morning light settles on the kitchen table, the sound of rain on the roof, the simple pleasure of bread fresh from the oven.
+A manifesto is a declaration of intent. But intent evolves. Ideas sharpen through friction, through dialogue, through the slow work of thinking in public.
-Happiness, I've learned, isn't something you chase. It's something you notice. It's been here all along, waiting in the ordinary moments we rush past.
+Traditional manifestos are frozen at publication. '''Wikifesto''' is different: each manifesto lives as a wiki, where:
-== Where to Start ==
+* ''Stubs'' become ''essays'' become ''movements''
+* Every section can link to its own elaboration
+* Readers become contributors become co-authors
+* The manifesto grows with its community
-'''If happiness feels far away:'''
+== The Manifestos ==
-* [[When Happiness Feels Impossible]] — Sometimes it does. Let's sit with that.
-* [[The Myth Of Constant Happiness]] — Nobody is happy all the time. That's not the goal.
-* [[When Nothing Feels Good]] — Even in the dark, there are small lights.
-'''If you're searching for joy:'''
+* [[Braided Becoming]] — ''Identity is architecture, not archaeology''
-* [[Happiness In Simple Things]] — A warm cup, a quiet moment, a familiar song.
+* [[Against the Discovery of Self]] — ''You are not a hidden treasure waiting to be found''
-* [[Small Pleasures]] — The ones we forget to count.
-* [[Finding Joy In Routine]] — The sacred in the ordinary.
-'''If you're rebuilding:'''
+== Philosophy ==
-* [[Happiness After Divorce]] — Starting over is its own kind of courage.
-* [[Happiness After Trauma]] — Joy can return. It takes time.
-* [[Finding Yourself Again]] — You're still there, I promise.
-'''If you want to understand:'''
+Philosophy should be done ''with passion, with gusto''. Not locked in ivory towers, but alive in the streets—or at least, alive on the wiki.
-* [[Scientific Perspective]] — What research tells us about happiness.
-* [[Philosophical Perspective]] — What the wise ones have said.
-* [[Contentment Vs Happiness]] — They're different, you know.
-== A Note on This Wiki ==
+The stub is not a failure of elaboration. It is an ''invitation''.
-I don't have answers, really. Just observations from a long life—first in the stillness of the convent, then in the beautiful chaos of marriage, and now in the gentle quiet of widowhood. Each season taught me something different about joy.
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+<small>''Wikifesto.com — Because ideas deserve to evolve''</small>
-What I've noticed is this: happiness isn't loud. It doesn't announce itself. It's the warmth of sunlight on your hands. The way your dog sighs when he settles at your feet. The first sip of tea in the morning, when the house is still.
-Take what resonates. Leave what doesn't. There's no hurry here.
-''— [[User:Gertrude_Carroll|Gertrude Carroll]], still wondering''
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