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Tuesday Jun 08 2010

By Jim Selman | Bio

Do you know that terrible sinking feeling when something really bad happens that you didn’t expect—something that you know will have a major and probably permanently negative impact on your life and the lives of those you love—and there is nothing you can do about it?[Read More]

Written by eldering at The Great Turning

Tagged with: accountability dying four_years_go gulf_of_mexico oil_spill responsibility

What are you being counted on for?

Tuesday Mar 03 2009

By Jim Selman | Bio

Russell Bishop’s posting about ‘The Blame Game’ is right on the money. He uses the term “responsibility” as meaning the ability to respond —literally “response – ability”. I share his definition and am always asking people to see that responsibility has nothing to do with causality (as in who did it or who will do it). Responsibility is a relationship to the circumstances, a way of being—a declaration that we always have a choice. Anything we’re not responsible for, we are a victim of.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action

Tagged with: accountability commitment elder responsibility