#effectingchange

[georgina-lester]

Why does everything have to be dumbed down? Going on holiday meant that I had a TV. I watched it for a while, once I’d worked out how to switch it on. It’s been at least 15 years. I’m horrified at how programmes and most particularly adverts are designed to factor to the lowest common denominator. I had to switch it off & get out. Portmeirion has long been on my wish list of places to visit. I love the eccentric collection of buildings quirkily constructed on the edge of a magnificent estuary. Sir Clough Williams-Ellis’s legacy was proving that a “beautiful site can be developed without spoiling it”. It’s a superb example of this. The heart of my inner unfledged property developer flutters with excitement. The romanticism of the architecture, the colourful array of styles of the buildings is intriguing. I love seeing the interplay of lines created by spiralling steps leading to the very erect uprights of walls set into the rugged cliff face. Interesting sculptures stand tall on monumental plinths, intricate plantings & clever landscaping sympathetically enhance the natural lay of the land. Despite this I felt disturbed & irritated. On arrival the ticket seller had given me a map to find gifts & food. She described the place as a holiday park. The buildings each had a story & yet I have no idea what they might be. The guide book only appeared as I was leaving. Too much information is dumbed down, made small and insignificant. How are we to effect massive change if we treat our society as mindless idiots? How can Williams-Ellis’s message be heard if we only feed visitors ice creams & treat them like fools? Where are the architects conferences? Developer workshops? Planning seminars? Creative retreats? How can we make the massive shifts we need to stop climate change, support humanity, eradicate poverty? How are we to protect the very environment we need to survive, if we behave as if the worlds’ population is too stupid to get it? We can do better. . . . #portmerion #nottoostupid #effectingchange #change #itsnecessarytochange #climatechange #architecture #environment https://www.instagram.com/p/CU16ocjIvGk/?utm_medium=tumblr

[develop-inspire-transform]

An Insight, An Inspiration, and A Quote: On Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG)

An Insight, An Inspiration, and A Quote: On Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG)

Oyez

A couple of weeks ago I watched the movie, On the Basis of Sex. The movie is about the early career of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG). There were several insights and inspirations that came from watching this movie, which I am sharing with you now.

Insight

There is a moment late in the movie where RBG has a choice. Choose to stand, embrace vulnerability, walk through it, and give the…

[gbalestrero]

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[ordinarygirlnix-blog]

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[sedikagh]

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[editorsmusings]

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[twistedcatmeow]

Are you solution oriented or problem focused? When presented with a challenge, do you immediately look for the way out or do you feel sorry for yourself and lament your plight? When you see injustice in your community, do you jump in and work to right the wrongs, or do you sit in a coffee house and talk about how bad things are? Do you have a “pet cause” that you work or volunteer for? I’m not talking about donating money, although that can certainly help. What do you do to effect change in your life, your community, and the world?

There are a lot of things, close to home and far away, that don’t sit right with a lot of people, and one person certainly isn’t going to be able to change all of them overnight, or maybe even in a lifetime. But taking action, no matter how small it might seem, has several effects – on a personal level, it will make you feel better about things and can even lift depression; on an interpersonal level, it can inspire others to also take action, thereby generating a cumulative effect; on a wider level, it will, eventually, effect change.

Don’t bitch – do something!

#solution #BeingSolutionOriented #GettingThingsDone #TakingAction #EffectingChange #PersonalGrowth #PracticalSpirituality #DailyMessage #365DaysToEnlightenment #Ayamanatara #CatWisdom #EerydayIsCaturday #AdoptDontShop #Rescue #CatsofInsta

[twistedcatmeow]

Are you solution oriented or problem focused? When presented with a challenge, do you immediately look for the way out or do you feel sorry for yourself and lament your plight? When you see injustice in your community, do you jump in and work to right the wrongs, or do you sit in a coffee house and talk about how bad things are? Do you have a “pet cause” that you work or volunteer for? I’m not talking about donating money, although that can certainly help. What do you do to effect change in your life, your community, and the world?

There are a lot of things, close to home and far away, that don’t sit right with a lot of people, and one person certainly isn’t going to be able to change all of them overnight, or maybe even in a lifetime. But taking action, no matter how small it might seem, has several effects – on a personal level, it will make you feel better about things and can even lift depression; on an interpersonal level, it can inspire others to also take action, thereby generating a cumulative effect; on a wider level, it will, eventually, affect change.

Don’t bitch – do something!

#solution #BeingSolutionOriented #GettingThingsDone #TakingAction #EffectingChange #PersonalGrowth #PracticalSpirituality #DailyMessage #365DaysToEnlightenment #Ayamanatara #clouds #Snow #Iceland

[twistedcatmeow]

Are you solution oriented or problem focused? When presented with a challenge, do you immediately look for the way out or do you feel sorry for yourself and lament your plight? When you see injustice your community, do you jump in and work to right the wrongs, or do you sit in a coffee house and talk about how bad things are? Do you have a “pet cause” that you work or volunteer for? I’m not talking about donating money, although that can certainly help. What do you do to effect change in your life, your community, and the world?

 There are a lot of things, close to home and far away, that don’t sit right with a lot of people, and one person certainly isn’t going to be able to change all of them overnight, or maybe even in a lifetime. But taking action, no matter how small it might seem, has several effects – on a personal level, it will make you feel better about things and can even lift depression; on an interpersonal level, it can inspire others to also take action, thereby generating a cumulative effect; on a wider level, it will, eventually, effect change.

 

Don’t bitch – do something!

 

#solution #beingsolutionoriented #gettingthingsdone #takingaction #effectingchange #personalgrowth #practicalspirituality #dailymessage #365DaysToEnlightenment #Ayamanatara #southerncalifornia #ocean #pacificocean #aquarium #jellies #jellyfish