Painting by Bill Schenck www.schencksouthwest.com
“You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour. Now you must go back and tell the people that this IS the Hour. And there are things to be considered: Where are you living? What are you doing? What are your relationships? Are you in right relation?
“Where is your water? Know your garden. It is time to speak your Truth. Create your community. Be good to each other. And do not look outside yourself for the leader.
“There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open and our heads above the water.
“And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate. At this time in history we are to take nothing personally, least of all, ourselves. For the moment we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt.
“The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves!! Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
“We are the ones we have been waiting for.”
Then he clasped his hands together, smiled, and said, “This could be a good time!”
Posts Tagged ‘Teamwork’
Words From a Hopi Elder
Monday, April 19th, 2010
Detroiticulture
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Our friend Rasul Sha’ir of Cnvrgnc.com sent us a story about John Hantz, a wealthy money manager who wants to build a large farm inside the city limits of Detroit:
The theme of Farming is a strong one, especially in the context of a post-industrial city like Detroit. It’s interesting that urban gardeners who farm quarter-acre plots of land in Detroit have come out against Hantz’s plan. The anti-Hantzers are, according to the article, seizing on their own themes: Racial Bias (Hantz and most of his team are white; Detroit’s population is 92% black) and Big Business vs. the Little Guy.
Comment: We don’t have time or energy to spend on being racially or economically divided, it doesn’t matter what color the finger being pointed is or the size of the rock on the ring it’s wearing. Themes can help us find the agreement that transcends race, religion, income level and personal history–all those things that divide us–thereby liberating new avenues for communication, learning and growth. John Hantz and the urban gardeners of Detroit can unite around the theme of Farming to be productive and move the ‘Saving Detroit’ scene forward.
Housecleaning
Sunday, March 1st, 2009As the toxic cloud of the Bush-Cheney era in America begins to lift, we are beginning to see the scope of the mess they’ve left us in. The boys from Delta House have been partying hard for eight years, and now we’re supposed to move in and live here like nothing has happened? The party is over the the place is a disaster. The trees are filled with underwear! The toilets have exploded! And nobody’s laughing, because it’s real, and it’s on us to clean it up.
Some of the clean-up work is so vast in scope, the banking industry shitstorm that shows so sign of abating , for example, or our crippling dependence on fossil fuels, that nothing short of a federal government strategy can begin to dig us out of it.
Every one of us, however, can find ways to support the clean-up work on a personal and practical level. Cleaning house presents us with opportunities. A chance to evaluate inventory, and eliminate waste. It can be the impetus for a much-needed remodeling.
Here’s a GameChangers checklist for what to Toss and what to Keep as we clean up and remodel an economy that has been Skulled and Boned into the pathetic shape it’s in today: (more…)
An Homage to The Coach
Friday, December 14th, 2007
COACH JOHN WOODEN PASSED AWAY TONIGHT AT THE AGE OF 99. THIS IS AN UPDATE OF A POST WRITTEN TWO YEARS AGO.
Coaching is one of the most honorable professions there is. A few money- and headline-grabbing exceptions distort the fact that the fast majority of sports coaches are motivated by factors other than money. No team can reach its potential without good coaching, and no coach brought more teams closer to realizing their potential than John Wooden, the best basketball coach, and one of the best coaches of any game, who ever lived.
Wooden’s teams changed the the sport of basketball, from a polite Hoosiers-style half-court square dance, to a baseline-to-baseline rampage of disruptive defenses and extreme athleticism., and they have the championships to show for it. As someone who grew up in Indiana like Wooden did, I always related to how The Coach used basketball as an allegory for life. That’s how it was for a high school kid in Indiana. Basketball was life.
Coach Wooden’s teams showed how the game, and not just the game of basketball, any game, should be played. He was an educator who just so happened to use a basketball court as his classroom. The players who had the good fortune to play for him got gifts that lasted long after their playing days were over. Here are some of Coach Wooden’s fundamentals: (more…)