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Winne the Pooh Quote

Winne the Pooh Quote

CommonAction ― One day Pooh and Piglet were walking throughout the Hundred Acre Woods. Feeling rather peckish, Pooh wondered when the last time was when he ate. ∙ "What day is it?" asked Pooh. ∙ "It's today," squeaked Piglet. ∙ "My favorite...

Tags: Heartspace, Community Engagement, Personal Engagement

Afletcher ― 20 weeks ago

Alan Watts Quote

Alan Watts Quote

CommonAction ― Alan Watts once said, "This is the real secret of life: Be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play." When we're completely engaged in ourselves, throughout our lives, and...

Tags: Heartspace, Community Engagement, Personal Engagement

Afletcher ― 20 weeks ago

Willa Cather Quote

Willa Cather Quote

CommonAction ― Willa Cather once wrote, "When people ask me if it has been a hard or easy road, I always answer the same: The end is nothing, the road is all." This is the essence of engaging in our own lives, within our communities, and throughout the whole...

Tags: Heartspace, Community Engagement, Personal Engagement

Afletcher ― 20 weeks ago

The Last Apocalypse

The Last Apocalypse

CommonAction ― Sitting here in my room, its midnight on December 21st, 2012. Over the course of the last day, people around the world have mistakenly believed that this date was prescribed by the Mayans as the end of the world. In the same way that some people ...

Tags: Personal Engagement

Afletcher ― 21 weeks ago

Your Paper Lantern

CommonAction ― Across the pitch-black night's sky, thousands of paper lanterns raise upwards. They are alight with the dreams, hopes, expectations, and anxieties of thousands of everyday people. Engaged in transit from earth to the heavens, these sky lanterns ...

Tags: Heartspace, Personal Engagement

Afletcher ― 21 weeks ago

Mind, Heart, and Body in Heartspace

Mind, Heart, and Body in Heartspace

CommonAction ― I was talking with one of my teenage nieces earlier today. Swapping stories, she said something about being afraid she thinks about things too much. It's funny, because a lot of people say they think too much. ∙ Winnie The Pooh would get ...

Tags: Heartspace, Decision-making, Personal Engagement, Personal Development

Afletcher ― 21 weeks ago

Conscientization In My Life

Conscientization In My Life

CommonAction ― Thirteen years ago I began examining my work with young people. I'd been in the field working with children and youth in all kinds of ways since I was 14 years old, and at 25 I was ready to explore some of my experiences and what I thought I knew....

Tags: Critical Pedagogy, Heartspace, Reflection, Personal Engagement, Personal Development, Adam Fletcher

Afletcher ― 22 weeks ago

Being With You

CommonAction ― Coming home from a cross-country trip recently, I found myself disparaging familiarity. Things around me felt too known, things I experienced felt too common. I have always been one to avert sameness, and it struck me with a two-by-four when I ...

Tags: Heartspace, Personal Engagement, Personal Development

Afletcher ― 24 weeks ago

You're the One

CommonAction ― Every day we wake and choose a mask to wear. Either on purpose or by accident, we wear the Parent mask, Worker, Friend, Child, or Neighbor mask, or others, and combinations of all those. There are others too, including Sufferer, Hero, Lazer,...

Tags: Heartspace, Personal Engagement

Afletcher ― 26 weeks ago

Being and Becoming

Being and Becoming

CommonAction ― It's another rainy late fall day in Olympia, and I'm feeling a bit restless. This fall has brought a spectacularly busy array of projects into my life, and I'm really enjoying myself. Hannah and I have had some quality times, my house is in good...

Tags: Heartspace, Personal Engagement, Adam Fletcher

Afletcher ― 26 weeks ago

You: The Problem and the Answer

CommonAction ― Watching television, flipping through the Internet, listening to blaring music on your commute, these things can suffocate our engagement with the world. Whatever does this for us, each person can say what those things are. Ask yourself: What ...

Tags: Heartspace, Personal Engagement

Afletcher ― 27 weeks ago

Supermarket Engagement

Supermarket Engagement

CommonAction ― Throwaway connections rule a lot of peoples' experiences of engagement. Whether thinking about their families, friends, jobs, communities, volunteering, or social relationships, these folks don't invest the time, energy, or resources necessary to...

Tags: Heartspace, Personal Engagement

Afletcher ― 28 weeks ago

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