Learning to change
Posted Oct 14, 2007 7:20 PM by Susan Barnes
I recently finished  Mastery - The Keys to Success and Long Term Fulfillment by George Leonard. I loved it. It is a quick read and it's all about staying on the path of learning, practicing and mastering your craft. It is very much what we are about at Classes for Causes - lifelong learning, learning no matter what age you are and sharing your knowledge through teaching.
A favorite quote from the book:
"To learn is to change. Education, whether it involves books, body, or behavior, is a process that changes the learner. It doesn't have to end at college graduation or at age forty or sixty or eighty, and the best learning of all involves learning how to learn - that is, to change."
If we can all learn to change we can start global cooling. By learning to change we can spread the word about how small changes make all the difference. By learning to change we can adapt and create a world that is beautiful and sustainable.
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Blown Away
Posted Oct 2, 2007 4:32 PM by Jen Perkins
Sars over at Tomato Nation is doing great things. Her Donors Choose Challenge has pulled in over $30,000 in less than two days. Just think about that for a moment. People all over the world have joined together to raise over THIRTY THOUSAND dollars for schools in less than 48 hours, because a blogger asked them to. It's a heartwarming example of the fact that perfect strangers can exceed your expectations if you only give them a chance. It's also a testimony to the power of blogging: you can reach an almost unlimited audience and galvanize them into doing great things, if you have the guts and the charisma to lead the way.
Bravo, Sars. The world needs more trailblazers like you.
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Withdraw what you put in
Posted Oct 1, 2007 10:34 PM by Susan Barnes
I recently received this message in an email and I have no idea who the sender is. Yes, you might say this was a spam message, but if so, it is one of those happy accidents. The message is beautiful. Live everyday as if it were your last for one day you're sure to be right.
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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed
each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coiffed and
shaved perfectly, even though he is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today.
His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move
necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the
nursing home, he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready.
As he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had
been hung on his window.
"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old
having just been presented w ith a new puppy.
"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait."
"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied.
"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my
room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged... It's
how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. "It's a decision I
make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the
day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no
longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do.
Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open, I'll focus on
the new day and all the happy memories I've stored away. Just for this
time in my life.
Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've
put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in
the bank account of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my
Memory bank. I am still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.
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