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  1. Thank you, Darren. I wholeheartedly agree with everything you wrote. And, at the risk of being greedy, I am asking you for a follow-up piece that moves from a call to action to a suggested list of action items. For far too many of us, your exhortation will be a rousing call followed by inaction, whether for lack of imagination, initiative, energy, or all the above. So, if you could suggest three, or four, or maybe five actions for each of us to undertake, individually, organizationally, communally, we are much more likely to engage in the effort you have called for. I know you’re busy, but please don’t make us wait too long. Now is the time to act. Sent with and from a heart full of affection and admiration.

  2. Dear Darren,

    Thank you for the continual reminder of why we should all engage in Service Leadership and drive from a sense of beliefs and values that help us make the mark… or at least get in the zone.

    The following passage from the article reminded me of the movie, “Grand Canyon”. where Danny Glover sits on the edge of the Canyon and reflects on the problems in his life and how we are truly, just a blip on this earth in comparison to the Canyon… MAKE GOOD, and when we think we are done.. Make more GOOD!

    The average life expectancy of a citizen of the world today is 71 years (in the United States, where I live, it is 79 years). We have but the narrowest of windows through which to peer out onto a universe that has been churning now for 13.7 billion years. Consideration of this alone should cause us to offer thanks at each breath, at each step, at each sensory experience of existence with which we are graced.

    So happy I saw this article.

    Happy Thanksgiving… although we have not connected often, you have left an important handprint on my heart.
    Judi

  3. Counterpoint… see… http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/time-to-say-kaddish-for-tikkun-olam/

    So long as calls for Tikkun Olam values the universal over the particular I cannot support it and imo that is just what its advocates do. Yes we should help those outside our community but we should never ignore our own. More and more the call for Tikkun Olam comes at the expense of our family. That’s a shanda, immoral and dims us as a light to the nations.