Wk 4: Reading post
Ch. 9:
Some things in life are better done in person
Enrolling: is not about forcing, cajoling, tricking, bargaining, pressuring, or guilt-tripping someone into doing something your way. Enrollment is the art and practice of generating a spark of possibility for others to share.
Hearing “NO”…I get what the book is saying about not taking a “NO” personally. But when you hear “NO” or worse, no reply at all, from so many, how does one not get discouraged?
Ch. 10:
Being the board sounds really good, in theory…kind of like Communism. I understand and can appreciate the concept of looking at a situation and finding your own responsibility in the matter. However, in terms of the car accident analogy, if that drunk driver had killed someone…like my child… all the rational, impartial, pride-free thinking in the world will not help. I think this particular chapter is asking a lot of the human species. It is asking use to take the emotion out of situations, what then is the point of living?
Ch. 11
The San Paolo story was very effective. I can see how that way of going about the situation would yield better results that yelling at the students, especially if you needed a good performance from them. The whole signing contracts is just a way for functions like that to easily kick you out. I can really get behind this way of thinking.
Labels: Art of Possibilities, EDMT, Full Sail, MAC
posted by Peace of Mind @ 10:08 PM
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1 Comments:
being the board is one of the most difficult to understand chapters. many think that we're being told to take responsibility for things we didn't do and that's unjust. Others, such as yourself, think it's trying to take the meaning away from tragic and difficult situations. I think it's neither. It's not about justice or relieving anyone of their responsibilities. But it appropriates responsibility to ourselves, such that even if something bad happens to us we are not beholden to anyone to make things better. It short-circuits the victimization. It's not telling us not to react emotionally to tragedy, but looks for a way for us to not stay there, waiting for those responsible to "make things right." We take back the ownership of our own lives, good or ill. And those others, whom we'd hold responsible will have to deal with their actions, but that's not for us to either dictate or attach our own healing to said process. It's a tough one to not get tripped up by.
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