By Jim Selman | Bio
Last Friday night I had the pleasure and
the privilege of attending an “ Awakening
the Dreamer, Changing the Dream” Symposium, an event offered by the
Pachamama Alliance. This short program has each of us examine ourselves
and our relationship to a world “in crisis”. The purpose of the
Symposium and the Alliance is to change our collective vision (dream)
and to “bring forth an environmentally sustainable, socially just and
spiritually fulfilling human presence on this planet” as the guiding
principle of our times. Lynne Twist, the author of The Soul of Money,
an old friend and constant source of inspiration, led the evening.[ Read More]
Written by eldering at The Great Turning
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By Jim Selman | Bio
The last 10 years seems to me to have been a
long decade. I know that time is supposed to ‘speed up’ as we get
older, but the “Millennium” celebrations, Y2K and all the hype about
the 21st century seems like ancient history. A decade ago, we still
weren’t at war in two countries, 9/11 hadn’t happened, George Bush was
still promising a bipartisan administration, climate change was still a
bit of an arcane scientific debate for most of us, New Orleans was
still having a non-stop party and Google was a minor start-up. YouTube
didn’t exist at the turn of the century, eBay and Amazon were still
babies, and the real estate bubble was just beginning. Steve Jobs had
recently returned to Apple after spending 13 years with NeXT, the iPod
and iTunes were concept just beginning to be developed and the iPhone
wasn’t even in sight.[ Read More]
Written by eldering at Fearless Aging
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 By Jim Selman | Bio
There is a widely understood belief in
Argentina’s culture that “the way we are is a big part of the problem …
and one of our characteristics is that we’re always waiting for a
leader to come along and save us.” The first time I heard this I was
giving a talk to a large event in Buenos Aires. A man stood up and
challenged my ‘American optimism’, suggesting that I just didn’t
understand the way things really were in ‘their’ country. My response
was to acknowledge that this may be true and to suggest that, since
they were all waiting for the leader to appear, perhaps he could take
the job until the leader came along. That got a chuckle or two and
drove home my point. We live as if[ Read More]
Written by eldering at Leadership
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By Jim Selman | Bio
Tough times can bring out the best in
people. In these days of financial, environmental and social
challenges, more and more of us are stepping forward and asking “What
can I do?” Wherever we look, people and organizations are taking on
problems and working hard to create a better world. Older people are
volunteering more that ever. From an eldering perspective, they want a
chance to make a difference. People have an extraordinary capacity to go beyond what is reasonable[ Read More]
Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action
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