Thinking About Thinking

Category: Meaningful Change

  • Thinking About Being A Recovering Racist

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    At a recent meeting Ron St. Pierre used the following statement in introducing himself:  “I’m Ron St. Pierre, a life long recovering racist!”  The room went quiet and I inwardly smiled.  I have never been that brutally honest about myself even though I have spent the last ten or fifteen years examining my preference/prejudices as…

  • Thinking About Hot Air & Anxiety

    Thinking About Hot Air & Anxiety

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    There is a lot of anxiety making the rounds.  Anxiety is an emotion characterized by feelings of unease, worry, and fear about future events1.  In recent years anxiety has become a foundational tool in many political election platforms, or at least how those seeking election phrase the ideas as they see them.  The clinics definition goes on to…

  • How Social Media Robs You of the Power to Enjoy!

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    This is a repost of a Thom Hartmann Opinion in the New York Times. Allow it to inspire you to think about thinking! How George Orwell was right — and Steve Jobs was wrong | Opinion Opinion by Thom Hartmann A fascinating article in The New York Timesthis week by Kurt Gray, professor of psychology and neuroscience…

  • Equality, Responsibility, and Hope

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    In 1958 I heard John Diefenbaker tell the Progressive Conservative executive in our local constituency to things – first, “this is the last time a person like me will be able to be elected as a party leader.”  He then shook his head and a moment later put his hand to his chin to stop…

  • Abandoning Duality by Creating Practical Civility (Spirituality)

    Abandoning Duality by Creating Practical Civility (Spirituality)

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    Change is often easier when we unpack the meaning of the words we use.  Some words are so emotionally loaded that we may fail to realize that they are needed, at times, to facilitate the changes we desire in our lives.  Take the word abandoned.  The Oxford dictionary begins with some of the emotional baggage…

  • A New Vision – Positionless Leadership

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    One of the most exciting ideas about thinking is that occasionally something profound and unique will ask you to think about it.  When pondering how life works, playing with the idea of being cosmic and that no one nor nothing is against you, you will have to question long held assumptions about position and power. …