small satori at work

G - 'stop thinking of the global sustainability, start thinking of a sustainable home' A - 'home has too many thinks that are from the rest of the globe, what to do?' G  - 'start thinking of replacing them with home and what comes from nearby' A - 'i don't know where they come from in most cases, i am too busy working on my next assignment on global sustainability' G - 'then know where things come from first' A - 'where do i start?' G - 'maybe with the basics - your food?' Sustainability Dialogues  - dialogues that ought to happen, but, often don't!

some people think of meetings as mental masturbation opportunities, best such meetings are not inflicted on others. 

Old saying: for the frogs in the temple pond, the grass is tall, for gods in the himalayas the elephant is small. Since 'sustainable development' came into existence: for frogs in the temple pond, sustainable is 'local and small' for gods in the himalayas, sustainable is 'carbon credit and trade' neither the frogs carry martyr signs nor the gods the super human gloat

deepening conviction on something lends to becoming a minority

read this in a journal and since then stuck in the mind - "Science is organized knowledge, Wisdom is organized life". We have several ways of "organizing" our knowledge and even more ways of organizing life. Much of our troubles start with intolerance towards the diverse ways in which others' organize things. 

to aspire for acceptance as an equal amongst those one respects (for whatever specific values/skills/knowledge/perception) is to commit to work hard in that sphere to achieve being accepted as equal is to commit to work harder, it is a responsibility!

people who drop out of any programme are indicators of its irrelevance, to coerce them to continue is to stifle their choice, to concentrate on the act of 'drop out' is to look wrong side of the issue, to review the relevance of the programme is the honest way forward.