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Thank you Robin for posting. The questions you pose "why am I here? why are we here? Are so timely for me. Today, and truly in the last week, the educational institution I work for has left me disappointed, disillusioned and down right pissed off! <div><br></div><div>So I reflect. I am here for the students. They expect a quality education and we must deliver it to them, no matter what stands in the way. The students keep me coming to work each day as I strive to be a better educator. </div><div><br></div><div>It is good to ask Why!</div><div><br></div><div>June in snowy cold Edmonton Alberta <br><br><br><a href="https://yho.com/footer0">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br><br><p style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 0; margin-top: 0">On Friday, November 20, 2015, 22:15, Robyn Williams ► via OSList <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Hi</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">I live in an intentional community called Pinakarri, which means “pay close attention” or “listen deeply” (literally “ear stand”, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/pilbara-languages/nyangumarta-overview">Nyangumarta</a> language, north-west Australia). Sixteen years ago, after 8 years of planning, about 35 adults and kids moved in. Although we’d agreed on how we wanted to live together (share stuff, support each other, build community, etc) I wasn’t satisfied that we were sufficiently connected to a common intention. With so much on our plates there wasn’t any appetite to spend much time on this again. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">In anticipation of getting together I invited folks to consider: <b><i>Why are you here? Why are we here?</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">When we gathered to share our reflections one member said, “I’m here to learn to love.” And that was it. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#1F497D;">Through Pinakarri we learn to love</span></i></b><span style="color:#1F497D;"> has held us through the thick and thin of co-operative living ever since.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Cheers Robyn</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Robyn Williams</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#8DB3E2;">See</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#548DD4;">Change</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#C6D9F1;">WA</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Communicate, facilitate and educate</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;">for sustainability</span><span style="color:#1F497D;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";color:windowtext;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";color:windowtext;"> OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tony Budak via OSList<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 21 November 2015 10:40 AM<br><b>To:</b> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] powerful questions</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="">Dear Friends,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="">Edgar Cahn says we have two questions. <br>Why are we here? <br>And what kind of a world do we want to leave behind? </p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://carebanks.org/tedx-video/"><a href="http://carebanks.org/tedx-video/" target="_blank">http://carebanks.org/tedx-video/</a></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="">Best,<br>Tony<br><br></p></div><div id="msgSandbox_ANoMimIAAA3wVk2F92FAnjQMBco0A_2" class="msgSandbox" style="padding: 1.5em 0.5em 0.5em 1.2em; word-wrap: break-word;">_______________________________________________<br>OSList mailing list<br>To post send emails to <a ymailto="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org" href="javascript:return">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To unsubscribe send an email to <a ymailto="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org" href="javascript:return">OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" target="_blank"><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a></a><br>Past archives can be viewed here: <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a></a></div><blockquote>
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