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Gratitude – HIGHLIGHT
By Emily Takahashi An excerpt from the Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective November 2024 Newsletter My friend Irene asked if I would write something about gratitude, in honor of the season of Thanksgiving. My first thought was, what could I say that hasn’t been said about this simultaneously simple and ... continuePosted November 8, 2024 by Jillian_Johnson
Gratitude for Human Resource – HIGHLIGHT
An Excerpt from the March 2024 Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective Newsletter by Irene Woodard There is a group of us in the Collective studying Joanna Macy’s Active Hope. And the start of her spiral is gratitude. And so this is coming from that place, where someone has been so important ... continuePosted March 21, 2024 by Jillian_Johnson
“As You Wish”: The Princess Bride on Service and Basic Goodness
by Frederick Meyer The video below traces a thread in the classic movie The Princess Bride: the phrase “As you wish,” as code for “I love you.” Spoiler alert! The video is the first two minutes and the final minute of arguably one of the best movies of all ... continuePosted September 19, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson