In February 2010, Harrison posted this -- a similar challenge to an entire community. Perhaps it applies here. Interesting reading it almost 2 yrs later.
*Opening space 24X7 --Wave Riders Unite!* https://mail.google.com/mail/?hl=en&shva=1#search/24+X+7/1259285e22c75f66 On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Birgitt Williams < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Harrison,**** > > Some time ago, I noticed emails from you and from Michael Pannwitz with > references to ‘now that I am old….’ and then some statement about why > something might be amiss. Today, on your birthday, I thought I would write > about this, and provide a challenge and opportunity. First, by the time you > are 76, you have developed some wisdom files, and if you lived your life > right, you had many many adventures. By about 60, you achieved the marker > for middle age, with the right attitude being that you will live to be at > least 120. And so, the question is, now that you are just a few years into > this second half of your life, what are you going to do with it? Are you > looking forward and wondering what the great work is that you are here on > the planet to do? Yes, I see the wonderful congratulations coming in about > what you have done in launching OST in the world, and in your many > contributions along the way. I think it would be a waste if this was all. > You are only, in my opinion, just getting started, just getting primed.*** > * > > ** ** > > My challenge is…now what? What are you going to do with this great wisdom? > Are you going to recognize that the best contribution might come in this > second half of life? Are you going to embrace that you are middle aged only > and that there is still a lot to be accomplished? The opportunity I lay > before you, colored by the fact that I have just come back from Washington > DC, is that you are in quite a position to make a difference in the way > that things get done in DC. You live close by, you have great gifts, you > have trained a number of OST facilitators in the area, and the good people > of Washington DC would benefit greatly from what you have to offer….and in > turn, from the point of influencing what goes on in DC, you would influence > what goes on in the world. I am imagining what is possible if you choose to > seize this opportunity as something to be done in this phase of your life. > I am imagining the influence….far greater than what has happened with the > Occupy movement. I am imagining what could be done? Can you imagine this > too? **** > > ** ** > > With this challenge and opportunity, I join in wishing you a happy > birthday. I wish you the joy of continued creating…and influence on this > planet.**** > > ** ** > > With love,**** > > Birgitt**** > > ** ** > > [image: tingsha]Birgitt Williams**** > > Author Genuine Contact Way**** > > Co-owner of the Genuine Contact program**** > > President and Senior Consultant, **** > > Dalar International Consultancy, Inc.**** > > www.dalarinternational.com**** > > ** ** > > Note: picture of the bells that have journeyed to numerous countries with > me for twenty-two years as an international consultant. During the closing > circle of every meeting, everyone in the meeting has held these bells. They > have now been held by thousands of people, all doing their part to create > life nurturing conditions for humanity. The bells have also been held in > blessing and in prayer by countless people, who bless all who ever hold > them, with the journey of the bells uniting all of their energies to make a > difference for humanity, one person at a time, one organization at a time, > one business at a time, one community at a time.**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > -- Suzanne Daigle NuFocus Strategic Group 7159 Victoria Circle University Park, FL 34201 FL 941-359-8877; CT 203-722-2009 www.nufocusgroup.com [email protected] twitter @suzannedaigle
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