Posts Tagged ‘Community’

Seven Billion Reasons to Pause

November 7th, 2011    -    No Comments

A week ago we added our seven billionth passenger to what Buckminster Fuller called “Spaceship Earth.” According to the media tracking of this event, this baby was most likely born in Asia and many cities and countries had celebrations honoring babies born on October 31, 2011. Why is the number seven billion so important? IRead the Rest…


No Impact Journal: Final Reflection

September 28th, 2011    -    No Comments

Pass or Fail? Before the week of the No Impact Experiment, I stopped focusing on the game. Basically: I got sucked into the vortex for attending to my sick children, who ended up with ear infections over the weekend. Upon reflection of the week, I am left with several inquiries and insights. It’s difficult –Read the Rest…


I See the Promised Land

January 17th, 2011    -    No Comments

Seven Stones Note: In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s 82 birthday we offer you this words from his last public appearance, April 1963. NOTE: The following speech, a sermon Dr. Martin Luther King gave at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 3, 1968, was the last public appearance before his assassination the next day. Read the Rest…


Noticing Sufficiency

December 13th, 2010    -    No Comments

I had a full week that included much client work, phone calling and meetings. I also took a trip to Arkansas for a weekend retreat. As I am sitting on my return flight wondering what to write for this week’s blog I witness a wonderful exchange. Two men in first class give up their seatsRead the Rest…


Noble Silence

August 30th, 2010    -    No Comments

When I registered for a three day meditation retreat where I will sit in “noble silence” at the time it felt like the right course of action for my personal development. I have dabbled with mediation for about seven years but I wouldn’t say I have a bona fide practice. I had been talking toRead the Rest…


Gardening, an experiment in sufficiency

August 24th, 2010    -    No Comments

I reconnected to Jennifer Jewell of http://www.jewellgarden.com/ in July. She is a garden writer and photographer, her pictures are stunning. In talking to her about sufficiency, gardening and what is enough, it struck me at all three of us at Seven Stones have gardens. Shea being the most avid at this moment, Jen getting herRead the Rest…


Reclaiming Ourselves

June 14th, 2010    -    No Comments

I can’t help but notice that this week begins today with Flag Day, a uniquely American holiday where we honor our flag, and ends with national splurge day on June 18, 2010. We continue to de-emphasize our role as citizens in a national community and continue our rapid transformation to consumers. This happens with ourRead the Rest…


Sufficiency in Failure

May 28th, 2010    -    No Comments

We operate in many instances inside of a designated set of roles in relationship to other human beings: Service provider—customer Coach—client Mother—child Husband—wife Partner—partner Employer—employee When we conjure in our minds eye each of these roles they bring with them a certain set of unspoken yet very real expectations, ideals, ways of being, codes ofRead the Rest…


A Terrorist Among Us

May 5th, 2010    -    1 Comment

The news broke – a text message sent to my husband’s mobile at 5:30AM. “They caught the NYC bomber . . .he lived in Connecticut” and with that my husband stepped into the shower. Really? Connecticut. Then I heard he lived in Bridgeport, wow that is close  I thought, only 20 minutes from here. . .Read the Rest…


Awareness, Commitment & Community

December 29th, 2009    -    No Comments

Am I Aware of others around me? Do I notice the person who is hungry, lonely, suffering? Am I walking around cut off from my Community, my neighbors and my family? Today I Commit to look into my neighbors’ eyes and see who they are. I listen to the words of my colleagues and helpRead the Rest…


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