<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Harison,<div><br></div><div>When my mind contimplates these thoughts, I remember:</div><div><br></div><div>One into many, many into one. </div><div><br></div><div>Cherish others more than oneself. </div><div>Use oneself to cherish others.</div><div><br></div><div>From a clear day, after a snowy longest night of the year</div><div>on holiday</div><div><br></div><div>Cannon Beach</div><div>Oregon</div><div><br></div><div>Julie Caldwell</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#008000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#004080"><br></font></div></span></font></div></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>On Dec 22, 2009, at 5:56 AM, Harrison Owen wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Ralph puts things in a slightly different way. Which is usual with Ralph who<br>always seems to be walking with a different drummer. Under the heading of,<br>"What do you do in this self organizing work on a fresh Monday morning?",<br>Ralph identifies tasks for himself and his community. At first take this<br>made a lot of sense -- there is me and we. And there are appropriate tasks<br>for each. But then my drummer spoke up and I began to wonder whether things<br>were as clear and simple as they first appeared. First off, you are never<br>going to get a we without a lot of me's -- which might suggest that we is<br>simply the collective me? And how about the other way around? No me without<br>a We. Certainly works out at the reproductive level. It would seem that<br>everything is connected in this self organizing world, being both simpler<br>and more complicated than we might assume. It might also suggest that the<br>distinction we make between we and me may be a little over done. And just to<br>really confuse things ... if it is true that action starts with invitation<br>-- where is my invitation for my (self initiated) action?<br><br>Harrison<br><br>Odd thoughts from a Very snowy Washington DC<br><br><br>Harrison Owen<br>7808 River Falls Dr.<br>Potomac, MD 20854<br>USA<br>Phone 301-365-2093<br><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com">www.openspaceworld.com</a><br>www.ho-image.com (Personal Website)<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ralph<br>Copleman<br>Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 7:39 AM<br>To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>Subject: What to do next...<br><br>Harrison, you asked...<br><br><blockquote type="cite">And I was wondering how would apply what you<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">have said to an everyday situation? Supposing it is Monday morning at your<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">place of work saving the environment in New Jersey. Your inbox and todo<br></blockquote>list<br><blockquote type="cite">are filled to over flowing -- and that cup of coffee (if you had one) is<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">getting cold. What do you do next?<br></blockquote><br>Hmm. Cool question.<br><br>My life as director of our small nonprofit has been reinforcing two lessons.<br>One is Yin, the other is Yang (though I cannot tell which is which).<br><br>One lesson: there are steps I can take to help move my community toward<br>sustainability. I can and must take action on my own.<br><br>On the other hand (lesson two), I know it's not up to me alone. I hold<br>space for many others who participate in this work with me, and I must<br>accept that each of them moves in their own way and their own pace. Often I<br>find I am watching others hold space, too. Our collective activity adds up<br>to a self-organizing system, as you'd expect.<br><br>If your question is, how do I decide what to do, well, I get my answer from<br>the 50 Swedish scientists who created the definition of sustainability known<br>as The Natural Step. They set out four system conditions that we have to<br>meet to achieve sustainability. These four are, in effect, the criteria<br>established by Earth during 4.55 billion years of self-organizing evolution,<br>and that had been working fine - until modern humans came along and sold<br>ourselves a large set of lies about ownership of the planet.<br><br>When I get up in the morning, I ask myself, quite simply, what can I do<br>today to more effectively live within one or more of the self-evolved system<br>conditions. You could say I'm holding space for Earth and the sentient<br>species known as homo sapiens to re-consider their relationship.<br><br>But I have a feeling I have not completely understood your question. 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