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Yes, We Can
‘Yes’ is a word of acceptance. It suggests seeing things as they are, whether or not what we see is to our liking. It intimates owning up to our role and responsibility in what we observe and experience. Wallace Stevens wrote, “After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of the world hangs.”
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‘Yes’ is a word of acceptance. It suggests seeing things as they are, whether or not what we see is to our liking. It intimates owning up to our role and responsibility in what we observe and experience. Wallace Stevens wrote, “After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of the world hangs.”
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Yes, We Can
For me, Barack Obama’s message ‘yes, we can’ represents a fundamental belief in the intelligence and goodness of Consciousness itself. It represents trust in the unfolding of Creation, regardless of whether we are in a cycle of growth or destruction.
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For me, Barack Obama’s message ‘yes, we can’ represents a fundamental belief in the intelligence and goodness of Consciousness itself. It represents trust in the unfolding of Creation, regardless of whether we are in a cycle of growth or destruction.
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Yes, We Can
Philosopher Pogo says: “We are surrounded by insurmountable opportunities.” It’s kairos time. Kairos (καιρσς) is an ancient Greek word referring to an opportune moment when meta-openings appear for personal and whole system transformation. This pivotal, parenthetical time (in-between the no-longer and not-yet) is a time of opportunity and shift.
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Philosopher Pogo says: “We are surrounded by insurmountable opportunities.” It’s kairos time. Kairos (καιρσς) is an ancient Greek word referring to an opportune moment when meta-openings appear for personal and whole system transformation. This pivotal, parenthetical time (in-between the no-longer and not-yet) is a time of opportunity and shift.
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Yes, We Can!
Yes, we can!’ is the ‘high-five’ commitment to accept the challenge to work for promised rewards. The promise of grassroots engagement to make a positive difference in the world, in relationships, business, and personal satisfaction to reach the mountain top together where we celebrate our achievement with a high-five and a shout of ‘We did it!’
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Yes, we can!’ is the ‘high-five’ commitment to accept the challenge to work for promised rewards. The promise of grassroots engagement to make a positive difference in the world, in relationships, business, and personal satisfaction to reach the mountain top together where we celebrate our achievement with a high-five and a shout of ‘We did it!’
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Yes: We: Can:
YES: There is power in the word ‘yes’. ‘Yes’ affirms our commitment. ‘Yes’ focuses us, strengthens us, enables us to move mountains. Ambivalence, hesitation, fear and apathy, by contrast, foster the status quo.
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YES: There is power in the word ‘yes’. ‘Yes’ affirms our commitment. ‘Yes’ focuses us, strengthens us, enables us to move mountains. Ambivalence, hesitation, fear and apathy, by contrast, foster the status quo.
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The Weak Signal of Mobile Governance
We live in a time of great historical disruption and transition from the Industrial Age to what some are calling the Connected Age. No longer will traditional thinking and action be able to adapt to a society that is constantly changing, interconnected and increasingly complex.
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We live in a time of great historical disruption and transition from the Industrial Age to what some are calling the Connected Age. No longer will traditional thinking and action be able to adapt to a society that is constantly changing, interconnected and increasingly complex.
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Being a Bridge
When I was young in China my favorite English song was “A Bridge Over Troubled Water.” However, at the time I did not realize that my vocation and destiny in life would be to become a bridge between China and the West—between tradition and modernity, and between different disciplines. Nor did I realize that my hope would be to build these bridges for the sake of helping develop communities in China and the United States that are socially just, ecologically sustainable, and spiritually satisfying, thus helping sooth some of the ‘troubled waters’ from which the world now suffers.
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When I was young in China my favorite English song was “A Bridge Over Troubled Water.” However, at the time I did not realize that my vocation and destiny in life would be to become a bridge between China and the West—between tradition and modernity, and between different disciplines. Nor did I realize that my hope would be to build these bridges for the sake of helping develop communities in China and the United States that are socially just, ecologically sustainable, and spiritually satisfying, thus helping sooth some of the ‘troubled waters’ from which the world now suffers.
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Connecting with Creation | Living Sustainably
Sisters, we grew up on this wheat and cattle farm in the rolling prairie of north central Oklahoma. After college, we each moved to other states, immersed ourselves in careers and raising families. Eventually, there was an irresistible pull back to the farm and three years ago, Ann, an energy kinesiologist, moved “home.” Pat, a trained spiritual director, moved back to the farm a year ago.
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Sisters, we grew up on this wheat and cattle farm in the rolling prairie of north central Oklahoma. After college, we each moved to other states, immersed ourselves in careers and raising families. Eventually, there was an irresistible pull back to the farm and three years ago, Ann, an energy kinesiologist, moved “home.” Pat, a trained spiritual director, moved back to the farm a year ago.
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Creating a Better World for the Common Good
Starting in the sixties, when Dylan famously sang ‘the times they are a changing,’ I wanted change and I wanted it immediately. Especially for my own people, Australian Aborigines, for until 1967 we were not even counted in the population census of Australia.
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Starting in the sixties, when Dylan famously sang ‘the times they are a changing,’ I wanted change and I wanted it immediately. Especially for my own people, Australian Aborigines, for until 1967 we were not even counted in the population census of Australia.
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Globalisation for the Common Good
The Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative began in 2002 at a conference in Oxford, UK. Since then, the GCG International Conference has become an annual event, traveling across the globe to Saint Petersburg, Dubai, Nairobi & Kericho, Honolulu, Istanbul and Melbourne; while the 2009 conference is scheduled to take place at Loyola University, Chicago.
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The Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative began in 2002 at a conference in Oxford, UK. Since then, the GCG International Conference has become an annual event, traveling across the globe to Saint Petersburg, Dubai, Nairobi & Kericho, Honolulu, Istanbul and Melbourne; while the 2009 conference is scheduled to take place at Loyola University, Chicago.
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(Updated Jul 28, 2010)
