[Ailist] If you had one wish...

[Madelyn Blair]

For me, it is as I wrote in my story a few days ago. I would like to  
see the world be

Compassionately engaged with one another.

Madelyn

PS Can you be engaged without being curious, Lief?

Madelyn Blair, Ph.D.
Pelerei, Inc.
Turning Vision into Reality
www.pelerei.com
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On Mar 23, 2009, at 10:29 AM, Robyn Stratton-Berkessel wrote:

> Roger,
>
> Beautifully expressed.  I stand beside you in this wish.
>
> Robyn.
>
> On Mar 23, 2009, at 9:08 AM, Roger Davies wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu
> [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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