Focus All Your Energy On Building The New

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, 

not on fighting the old, but 
on building the new.
~ Socrates

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[GMW #2888]

See The Miracle Of A Single Flower

If we could see
the miracle of a single flower,
our whole life would change.
~  Buddha

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[GMW #2956]

Make It Simpler For People To Feed, Clothe And Shelter Themselves

What we would like to do is
change the world -- make it a little simpler for people
to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves
as God intended for them to do.
~ Dorothy Day, Catholic Worker, June 1946

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[GMW #2933]

Don't Like Something, Change It Or Your Attitude

If you don't like something, change it. 
If you can't change it, change your attitude.
~ Maya Angelou

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[GMW #2923]

Life - A Triumph Of Cooperation & Creativity

Life is much less a competitive struggle for survival than 

a triumph of cooperation and creativity.

~ Fritjof Capra

Fritjot Capra On Life & Leadership
Sustainability is not an individual property, but is a property of an entire web of relationships. It is a community practice. This is the profound lesson we need to learn from nature.

The way to sustain life is to build and nurture community. Because of the close connection between sustainability and community, basic principles of ecology can also be understood as principles of community. In particular, they can be guiding principles for building and nurturing sustainable learning communities.

They are extremely relevant to taking leadership positions and bringing about systemic change within our schools.{ read more }

Be The Change
Focus on your home life today and think of one way you can help to nurture more open pathways of respectful, life affirming communication in this environment. 

Tags: Fritjof Capra, Life, Leadership, Individual, Cooperation, Creativity, Community,  Relationships, Build, Nurture, Ecology, Guiding, Learning, Change, Home, Life, Think, Help, Pathways, Respectful,

[GMW #3022]

Connect With Your Creative Side

Observe everything, connect, daydream, be resilient and courageous.
Ask big questions. Write. See new, fresh possibilities in life.
Follow your passion. Surround yourself with beauty.
Change based on situation and context.
Allow curiosity, inspiration and ideas to arise.
Expand your knowledge, experience, abilities, and sense of self.
Have a clear focused mind, meditate, be mindful.

Tags: Creativity, Inspiration, Ideas, Daydream, Observe, Seek, Experience, Resilient, Courage, Ask, Self-Expressive, Authentic, Mindful, Meditate, Clear, Focus, Mind, Change, Situation, Passion, 

[GMW #2980]