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Archive for January 22, 2015
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Marie’s Dictionary
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| There are only about 200 remaining members of the Wukchumni of central California, and Marie Wilcox is the last fluent speaker of her tribal language. Like most Native Americans, the Wukchumni did not write their language. The 80-year-old Ms. Wilcox has spent the last 7 years writing a dictionary of Wukchumni and giving weekly lessons to her daughter and other tribal members, but few seem dedicated enough to learn to speak the language fluently. With the help of her grandson, Ms. Wilcox is now recording the dictionary, as well as traditional stories like the "How We Got Our Hands" parable featured in this film. |
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Service doesn’t start when you have something to give; it blossoms naturally when you
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From Sharing Economy To Gift Ecology
Technology advances and a consumer-based world have created a ‘sharing economy’, where it becomes easy to commoditize things that were typically offered as gifts. Consider the difference between offering your neighbor a lift to the airport, and using Uber to find a stranger who will pay you for a ride. When society focuses all its energy on monetary pursuits, what happens to the spirit of volunteerism in our local communities? When we forget what it means to gift our time and kindness to others, we lose our sense of interconnectedness. We begin to live in a space of fear and scarcity, rather than joy and abundance. What’s the antidote? By practicing unconditional generosity, and nurturing the pay-it-forward spirit, we can transform our world from one of ‘sharing economies’ to one full of ‘gift ecologies.’ This thoughtful piece by Nipun Mehta shares more. { read more }
Be The Change
Do something from a space of unconditional generosity today. |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 