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Better-World Project
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| Jul 17, 2004 9:43 pm |
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re: Introducing myself |
Mary K Weinhagen
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Greetings Somit Makar!!
Welcome to a Better-World! :-)
It's wonderful to make your aquaintance and
I totally agree with your comments, below,
regarding the first steps in making this
world a better place...including the importance
of taking concrete action. When you use the
phrase 'concrete action', are you making a
distinction between our DOING and our BEING?
Or, perhaps the better question would be,
Is there a distinction, for you, around
doing and being?
I am of the mind that as each of us as individvuals
become committed to the intention to create a
better world that we are, indeed, inspired to
act in ways that support and move in the direction
of that intention.
And joining a group of others with that intention
increases the power, the inspiration, and the
actions exponentially!
Making assumptions, even when making them based
on past experience, is still...making things up.
Today I listened, purposefully at a deeper level, without
giving credence to any previous assumptions I
had around a certain individual...and I was
quite amazed at how differently they appeared to
be showing up for me! I was more than delighted to
discover that we share some very similar values -
and I was previously unaware of that due to my
misinterpretation!!
For me, choosing to listen to this person in a new way,
was an act that contributed to a better world. :-)
So now, I wonder, what's something you are doing (or
being) today to contribute to a better world?
I know we will all be richer and wiser by following
your suggestion that we let each other know!
thank you Somit,
~~Mary K
> Somit Makar wrote:
> Well I was banker in India for 9 years...and then gave that up to decide what i want to do next in life. Iam not exactly starving...so it wasnt that much of a sacrifice.
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>What caught my attention when I crossed this network was a similar initiative that I launched on Ryze...but centric to India. Wont mention names for fear of spamming.
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>To take the first steps in making this world a better place...we need empathy and a little less selfishness...communication (that includes someone who listens as well)...understanding of where the problems lie...and some concrete action.
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>Just sticking to a debate might not get us beyond a good conversation. Would appreciate and support all concrete actions....so do let me know what your are doing and I will keep you briefed on what we are doing....and maybe we will get to learn from each others initiatives.
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>Some of us may live at a distance...but until we start appreciating each others problems...we will never make this world a better place.
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>Cheerio
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