[Ailist] If you had one wish...

[Roger Davies]

Hi Nick,

 In most everything that I have thought deeply about I seem to end up at a
root of compassion as a foundation. Compassion in the sense of caring
passionately about the effects one's actions might have on the well being of
others and the environment. 

The other sense I have is that we lose some degree of humanity and humility
when we convince ourselves that we are infallibly correct about something.

So now I have to combine these into one wish! 

My wish would therefore be that we recognize each other's humanity, keep our
minds open and act compassionately in everything that we do. 

Roger

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[mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Nick Heap
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 3:48 PM
To: Appreciative Inquiry
Subject: [Ailist] If you had one wish...

Dear All,

I am playing with this question "If you had one wish, to make the world a
better place, what would you use it for?" I am attracted to it because it is
very simple and anyone can answer it. People could share their wishes and
help each other achieve them.

So I wonder if we could share our "wishes", see what common ground there may
be and perhaps help each other achieve them somehow. I have already posted
the question on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com and had some interesting replies.

My wish is that "People concentrate their energy on loving rather then on
being loved".

What is yours? It doesn't matter at all if it's completely different from
mine.

Any other comments would be welcome.

Best wishes,

Nick Heap

www.nickheap.co.uk

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