<div>Karen,</div>
<div>I truly believe that if you bring this question - a great question - with full intention to any book it will illuminate a unique layer of our human story and it becomes fascinating to sense this great web of perspective and experience connect itself. I find myself wanting to say that intention in our practice of reading is potentially more transformative than a specific text itself.</div>
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<div>The language of your question does remind me of one of my favorite poets, Joy Harjo, and her collected poems, published under the title <em>How We Became Human.</em></div>
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<div>And certainly I have found very grounding and worth many re-readings Margaret Wheatley's <em>Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restoring Hope to the Future.</em></div>
<div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1576751457/ref=ase_margaretwheat-20/103-9449060-2277410?v=glance&s=books">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1576751457/ref=ase_margaretwheat-20/103-9449060-2277410?v=glance&s=books</a></div>
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<div>I hear these two women's voices in my head, and feel them in my heart and body, at many moments when I need steadying or long to connect to our larger story. My students, across backgrounds, seem to appreciate and connect to them as well.</div>
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<div>Happy reading,</div>
<div>Holly</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/27/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Karen Sella</b> <<a href="mailto:karen@luminacoaching.com">karen@luminacoaching.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I realize that this topic is a little broader than the focus of this list, but selfishly, I would love to tap the rich breadth and depth of humanity here, so…I have a request for all of you Open Space readers out there who have ever pondered what it means to be human. I'm wondering what books have you discovered along the way that taught you the most about being human—those that helped you understand something about yourself or others. </span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you could recommend your top one or two, I'd appreciate it…</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Appreciatively,</span></font></p>
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