john silkey
@silkeyj
john silkey
If you scroll the emerging or “cool“ or “hip” or “how to be creative” spots on the internet so many of the posts and reposts seem to point to one question: “how do I live?”
Perhaps stop looking for the answer to the question out there and start living the question in here with me, your inner voice, that quiet space that hears your thoughts. Let’s
... See morebecause sadness goes with compassion, sadness goes with determination to remedy the cause. Despair: You’re at the bottom of the hole, there’s no way out. That’s fatalism. But suffering comes from causes and conditions. Those are impermanent, and impermanence is what allows for change.
ii. 3/3 Causal - becoming elders and i. Things to come back to when I’m feeling meh
Mattieu Ricard NYT interview
26 weapons grade parenting tips:
1/ Give them a "heads up," 5 minutes until bedtime, 10 minutes before leaving the playground
2/ Look at the world more through their eyes
3/ Don’t discipline like an angry madman. Stay calm and firm, model how you want THEM to... See more
Paternal Legacyx.comWe share DNA with every other living being. Approximately 98 percent of our DNA is shared with primates, and about 35 percent is shared with plants.... We all come from the same originating source, and we all comprise the same foundational elements.
We are part of a uni-verse, a collection of individual notes in one continuous song; the song that... See more
We are part of a uni-verse, a collection of individual notes in one continuous song; the song that... See more
i. Things to come back to when I’m feeling meh and ii. 3/3 Causal - becoming elders
Beautiful description. All part of the same song.
Sherri Mitchell via cac newsletter
From matt baker - the journey to be stone here Now Abiding This is where spirit lives
To be the Stone is to let consciousness finish its upward longing and settle fully into gravity, texture, time, and limit. Not as a compromise, but as a realization:
This is where spirit actually lives.
The Stone does not seek meaning.
Meaning leans against
... See moreBlog post on the tone and content of conversations on eneryg and climate change still run right past how much is needed from using less like demand side resources.
Its the pool analogy - our focus is on solutions that are “bigger” or “Different” or more” hoses to keep it filled
what about the dang holes in the pool and building a pool that loses or
... See morewriting idea
for long range planning - “Assumptions Attack”
Make expliciti the assumptions we’re making in any long term plan
Rank those by longevity and impact if wrong - i.e. policy assumptions are likely to change sooner rather than later as pendulum swings
if its durable it gets a higher # and is lower on list to pay attention to
Every 12-18 months formally
ongoing strategic planning facilitation to keep it dynamic