[OSList] a birthday challenge and opportunity

[Suzanne Daigle]

In February 2010, Harrison posted this -- a similar challenge to an entire
community. Perhaps it applies here. Interesting reading it almost 2 yrs
later.

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On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Birgitt Williams <
birgitt at dalarinternational.com> wrote:

> Dear Harrison,****
>
> Some time ago, I noticed emails from you and from Michael Pannwitz with
> references to ‘now that I am old….’ and then some statement about why
> something might be amiss. Today, on your birthday, I thought I would write
> about this, and provide a challenge and opportunity. First, by the time you
> are 76, you have developed some wisdom files, and if you lived your life
> right, you had many many adventures. By about 60, you achieved the marker
> for middle age, with the right attitude being that you will live to be at
> least 120. And so, the question is, now that you are just a few years into
> this second half of your life, what are you going to do with it? Are you
> looking forward and wondering what the great work is that you are here on
> the planet to do? Yes, I see the wonderful congratulations coming in about
> what you have done in launching OST in the world, and in your many
> contributions along the way. I think it would be a waste if this was all.
> You are only, in my opinion, just getting started, just getting primed.***
> *
>
> ** **
>
> My challenge is…now what? What are you going to do with this great wisdom?
> Are you going to recognize that the best contribution might come in this
> second half of life? Are you going to embrace that you are middle aged only
> and that there is still a lot to be accomplished? The opportunity I lay
> before you, colored by the fact that I have just come back from Washington
> DC, is that you are in quite a position to make a difference in the way
> that things get done in DC. You live close by, you have great gifts, you
> have trained a number of OST facilitators in the area, and the good people
> of Washington DC would benefit greatly from what you have to offer….and in
> turn, from the point of influencing what goes on in DC, you would influence
> what goes on in the world. I am imagining what is possible if you choose to
> seize this opportunity as something to  be done in this phase of your life.
> I am imagining the influence….far greater than what has happened with the
> Occupy movement. I am imagining what could be done? Can you imagine this
> too? ****
>
> ** **
>
> With this challenge and opportunity, I join in wishing you a happy
> birthday. I wish you the joy of continued creating…and influence on this
> planet.****
>
> ** **
>
> With love,****
>
> Birgitt****
>
> ** **
>
> [image: tingsha]Birgitt Williams****
>
> Author Genuine Contact Way****
>
> Co-owner of the Genuine Contact program****
>
> President and Senior Consultant, ****
>
> Dalar International Consultancy, Inc.****
>
> www.dalarinternational.com****
>
> ** **
>
> Note: picture of the bells that have journeyed to numerous countries with
> me for twenty-two years as an international consultant. During the closing
> circle of every meeting, everyone in the meeting has held these bells. They
> have now been held by thousands of people, all doing their part to create
> life nurturing conditions for humanity. The bells have also been held in
> blessing and in prayer by countless people, who bless all who ever hold
> them, with the journey of the bells uniting all of their energies to make a
> difference for humanity, one person at a time, one organization at a time,
> one business at a time, one community at a time.****
>
> ** **
>
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