texture & simmering

was thinking about what gives life "texture"...and Howard Thurman's notion of "simmering" to start the day. Slowly awakening to what is around us, seeing things deeper and appreciating. Seeing sunlight reflected in bits of ice on each branch walking around the pond this a.m.

The Unreasonable Man

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw

Camus: Winter

"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."

Start by changing our thoughts, Sadat

He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality. Anwar Sadat

trust brings prosperity

15% increase in a nation's trust level results in 1% annual boost income. Paul Zak, cited in The Rational Optimist. #socialcapital

Civility JFK

"So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a
sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof"
— John F. Kennedy

Foundations involved w social capital study

http://www.cfsv.org/communitysurvey/docs/exec_summ.pdf List included in this study.