Happy Birthday, Owen! You continue to inspire and challenge us to do good work! Donnan ******************************** Donnan Stoicovy President National Association for Professional Development Schools (NAPDS) Director of League of Democratic Schools (LODS) dmstoic...@gmail.com Twitter @dmstoicovy
"Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good." -Minor Myers, Jr. Please do not print this unless it is essential. If you do, please recycle it when finished. > On Dec 1, 2016, at 9:41 PM, Chris Kloth via OSList > <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > > Happy birthday, Harrison. > > You and the OSLIST continue to inspire me - even in my lurker role of recent > years. > > This year your birthday happens when many of us are still thinking, talking, > wondering and lots of other ...ings about the US election. The memory this > triggers for me is of the election night you spent at our house in Columbus > 16 years ago. > > We had combined an opening of space for Diane Bennett and Action for Children > with a one day intro to OST before and after election day. (BTW, that work > with early childhood education continues to grow, thrive, and influence > others in ways we never imagined.) > > Anyway, as the night got later and it was clear we were not going to know the > outcome for quite some time (hanging chads in Florida and more mishigas). You > decided to go to bed and, as you left the family room you complained > light-heartedly, "I don't know if I've been Bush-whacked or Gored." > > The last 16 years brought us challenges and opportunities none of us imagined > at that time. Many of the opportunities grew out of how our work in > particular communities (rooted in geography, professions, faith, culture, > passion, responsibility, etc.) in the context of what was going on nationally > and globally. > > While I have many questions and concerns about the next 4 years in the US and > beyond, this memory reminds me that (a) we will likely make it through > whatever is to come, one way or another, and (b) that if we live in the > spirit of OST and open our hearts, spirits and minds to one another we will > find ways to open the space we need to make the best of it... whether that > space opens in planned events or spontaneous, serendipitous moments of > opportunity that occur and that we will have made ourselves available to > notice and take advantage of. > > Best wishes, my friend. > > > -- > Shalom, > > Chris Kloth > ChangeWorks of the Heartland > 254 South Merkle Road > Bexley, OH 43209-1801 > ph 614-239-1336 > fax 614-237-2347 > www.got2change.com > > Think globally. Act locally. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
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