contribution
You.
July 27, 2019
If not for you, there would be a place of emptiness in the heart of God.
If not for you, all the good you have done would still need doing.
If not for you, the spark of your ideas would not have ignited a fire in others.
If not for you, the key role you have played in life’s drama would remain unfilled.
If not for you, at least one person would not have awakened to their dreams.
If not for you, your triumphs could not be examples to inspire others.
If not for you, someone who needed love would not have received it.
If not for you, all life would have been shortened, or never have existed.
If not for you, the song of life would have missed a beat.
If not for you, your gifts would remain ungiven.
If not for you, another might have suffered in your place.
If not for you, someone would have no path to follow.
If not for you, there would be one less smile, one less laugh, and one less hug.
If not for you, there would be one less ember of love to warm the soul.
If not for you, an animal might be homeless and a garden left upland.
If not for you, something would be missing.
You have always made a difference. Who you are is important every day.
You are the face, the heart and the soul of God.
Make a difference.
February 7, 2019Each one of us can make a small but critical contribution to the future by taking care of the present now-each in our own unique way-ethically, lovingly, together with others where we work, wherever we can make a difference. It is a great adventure, a radical act of sanity & love.
-Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.
Dr Kabat-Zinn is a scientist, writer, and meditation teacher. He is Professor of Medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
What are we becoming?
July 26, 2016
Photo: Cold Springs Bridge south of Ketchum
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‘Every day, we change. We move (slowly) toward the person we’ll end up being.
Not just us, but our organizations. Our political systems. Our culture.
Every day we make the hard decisions that build a culture, an organization, a life.
Since yesterday, since last week, since you were twelve, have you been making deposits or withdrawals from the circles of supporters around you?
People don’t become selfish, hateful and afraid all at once. They do it gradually.
When we see the dystopian worlds depicted in movies and books [politics], are we closer to those outcomes than a generation ago? Do we find ourselves taking actions that make our conversations more considered, our arguments more informed, our engagements more civil? Or precisely the opposite, because it’s easier?
When your great-grandfather arrives by time machine, what will you show him? What have you built, what are you building? When your great-grandchildren remember the choices we made, at a moment when we actually had a choice, what will they remember?
We are always becoming, and we can always make the choice to start becoming something else, if we care.’
-Seth Godin
Evolving contribution.
Readers are encouraged and invited to contribute to Dayle’s Community Cafe. Hazel Morgan asked to share, ‘Art. It’s not just a job, it’s a calling. Is it calling you?’
Art Graduates
‘A job is just a work if it is done to earn income and status. When you start loving your work it’s no more work it will become your passion. Different professions that have been surveyed, the artist found being satisfied and happiest of all. Since apart from money artists enjoy more facilities such as flexible working hours and opportunity to show their creativity and talent.
Today many people believe in the wrong perception that artist are not well paid as compared to other graduates like doctors and engineers. However, they are unaware of the fact that artist is the one among all who are found to be more satisfied with their jobs.
According to survey Most of the people in the America feel that they cannot concentrate on their work completely since for them their work is just a job they are doing for some motives while, It is also found that 82% of arts graduates report feeling very engaged with their work and they feel pleasure doing their job.
To know more about art graduates please take a look at the graphic below to learn more about art graduates.
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We’ve heard in life we should follow our passions. Perhaps, more than passion we follow our contribution. What is our contribution? How does it align with purpose? How do we evolve our place along humanity’s spectrum? Maybe our contribution is simply the intersection of what we love, and what we are good at. Passion here being defined as contribution.
Share more at Cafe Contact.
Be the ripple.
April 3, 2016
Short news cycles.
January 12, 2016Let us take pause and remember the brilliance and contribution. And may we share our gratitude for their art and light while they still live among us.
Love’s such an old-fashioned word
and love dares you to care for
the people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way
Of caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves