Thanks Harrison. Considering that my undergrad and grad schools venerated St. Francis and Gandhi, respectively, a little fasting now and then is not really a problem.
Jeff ________________________________ > Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:42:52 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: more funding community work? > To: [email protected] > > > Jeff – somehow I missed the “Walnuts and Lemon” routine. May I say that as a > member of your PhD committee I am very pleased with your ascetic approach to > such a high calling (the PhD). Mortification of the body often has the > positive effect of sharpening the mind. Since you got your degree, I guess it > worked. > > > > Harrison > > > > Harrison Owen > > 7808 River Falls Drive > > Potomac, Maryland 20854 > > Phone 301-365-2093 > > Skype hhowen > > Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com > > Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org > > Personal website www.ho-image.com > > OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives > Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Aitken > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: more funding community work? > > > > Beautifully put, Jack. > > > > And thanks to a few friends for pointing out that my post felt like anxious > waiting rather than making stuff happen. I should be clear that I'm most > grateful for the desk jobs that supported me to finish my PhD. > > > > During that walnuts & lemons phase I was opening space in community meetings > at donated locations and passing a hat. Not a great funding nor survival > strategy, alas. > > > > So I return to the inquiry, doctorate in hand, finding spaces to open for > communities to connect and prepare for the Great Turning which seems ripe to > emerge. > > > > blessings > > Jeff > > San Francisco > > ________________________________ > > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:25:10 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: more funding community work? > To: [email protected] > > Harrison, > > Great sage wisdom. What resonates is the futility of anxious waiting and > marketing (sometimes the same thing). Much better, I've found, to just get > busy and make something happen. It's actually a very good day when we get > more known for making something happen! :) Anxiety, it seems, is never as > rewarded as generosity. > > with love, Jack > > > -- > Jack Ricchiuto > www.DesigningLife.com / 216.373.7475 (EST) > > Announcing "Conscious Becoming", now available in paperback - visit > ConsciousBecoming.com * * > ========================================================== > [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, > unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > > ________________________________ > > Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live. Share now! > > * * ========================================================== > [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, > unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * > ========================================================== > [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, > unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist _________________________________________________________________ Put your friends on the big screen with Windows Vista® + Windows Live™. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/shop/specialoffers.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC_MediaCtr_bigscreen_102007 * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
