By David Korten |
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How does it happen? It starts with a conversation. A while back, Cecile Andrews, our local Seattle author of
The Circle of Simplicity,
explained to me how the women’s movement changed the story on gender
and unleashed the long suppressed power of the feminine. It started
with discussion circles in which women came together to share personal
stories. As each woman spoke her truth, a larger truth was revealed for
all to see. The prevailing story that the key to a woman’s happiness is
to find the right man, marry him, and devote her life to his service
was not true.[
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By David Korten |
Great Turning website
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The World We Want series.
Wouldn’t
it be nice if it turned out the choices we must make together to
survive together are the same choices we must make to create the very
world most of all the world’s people want? If that were case, then we
should be able to just get together and make it happen. Wouldn’t that
be cool? Maybe we should start a conversation to find out what people
truly want…[
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By Dr. Anne Marie Evers
I was having lunch with my friend Lori and her sister Carol, whom I
had not met before, last week. We’re all about the same age, and our
conversation started out very pleasantly. Then after a while, Carol
started expounding in a monotone voice about how terrible it was to be
getting older and how she absolutely hated the aging process. She
talked for 45 minutes in great detail about her aches and pains, her
failing eyesight and hearing, and her husband’s lack of interest in her
sexually. She concluded that she probably could not attract men any
more.I finally got to ask her if she was happy. She replied, “Happy,
how could you ask such a question? I used to be the prettiest girl in
my class and now look at me. I’m 68, a disaster and over the hill.” I
realized that, even though we’re the same age, my perspective on aging
at least allows me to be happy. I think that’s because I believe getting older is about getting better.
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