Dalai Lama Foundation Study Circle Montreal

A poem should not mean. But be. — Archibald MacLeish

~~~~ Inspiration of the Day: “I started writing this terrible, I call it an awesomely bad, novel. I was going out with this French woman and I told her about it. I told her ‘This book is just juvenile. I don’t know how to do this.’ She said, I have a friend of the family, a writer, and maybe he can help you with it. I agreed with that. So the next thing I know, I meet this little French guy with the glasses. He says to me, ‘I don’t want to read your manuscript, but from what you’ve been telling me, it seems to me you need to get control over the language. So it might be good for you to read poets. Read poets and try to get control over the language.’ That person, I didn’t know who he was at the time, turned out to be Jean Paul Sartre.” Basketball player turned renowned poet, Quincy Troupe, eloquently describes his one-of-a-kind journey. http://premiere.whatcounts.com/t?ctl=169F375:C3009629A010612C444BD0AB4F1D3D62B4B847859706E37D&

~~~~ Be The Change: Write about some moment that touched you. Try to find just the exactly right words to express it.

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If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

~~~~ Inspiration of the Day: “This so enraged the drunk that he grabbed the metal pole at the center of the car and tried to wrench it out of its stanchion. I could see that one of his hands was cut and bleeding. The train lurched ahead, the passengers frozen with fear. I stood tip. I was young and in pretty good shape. I stood six feet, weighed 225. I’d been putting in a solid eight hours of aikido training every day for the past three years. [… But] my teacher taught us each morning that the art was devoted to peace. ‘Aikido’ he said again and again,’ is the art of reconciliation. Whoever has the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you try to dominate other people, you are already defeated. We study how to resolve conflict, not how to start it.’ I listened to his words. I tried hard.” Author Terry Dobson shares a riveting story. http://premiere.whatcounts.com/t?ctl=169F073:C3009629A010612C7A6328C336D65D41B4B847859706E37D&

~~~~ Be The Change: Got conflict? Resolve it skillfully, by first connecting with your “adversary’s” suffering.

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Love … It surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be. — Kahlil Gibran

~~~~ Good News of the Day: Millions of children under the age of five die from hypothermia — their body temperature is too low because they don’t have enough fat to maintain a healthy weight. In 2008 business student Jean Chen and a small band of classmates put their heads together to prevent such tragic losses. Their work led to the founding of Embrace, a nonprofit organization that created an innovative baby wrap that could save thousands of babies’ lives in developing countries. Embrace’s original team members met in a social innovation class at Stanford. http://premiere.whatcounts.com/t?ctl=169EF9A:C3009629A010612CDEB0A581D95A8643B4B847859706E37D&

~~~~ Be The Change: Consider donating warm clothes or blankets to a homeless shelter this winter. And learn more about Embrace’s inspiring work here. http://premiere.whatcounts.com/t?ctl=169EF9B:C3009629A010612CDEB0A581D95A8643B4B847859706E37D&

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Intelligence and capability are not enough.There must be the joy of doing something beautiful. — Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy (Dr. V)

~~~~ Good News of the Day: It’s called one of the greatest stories in medicine, but it’s more than that. Its approach has impressed the world’s top design-thinkers, and yet, it’s more than a paragon of innovation. For the last 17 years every MBA student at Harvard has studied a business case on it, but it’s more, even, than a model social enterprise. This is the story of Dr. V — a retired surgeon with crippled fingers who dreamed of ending curable blindness, and the 11-bed eye clinic he founded, called Aravind. In 35 years this world class organization has seen over 32 million patients. Treating the majority for free it’s still remained stunningly profitable. “Infinite Vision” is a new book that tells an amazing story about the human spirit, and what becomes possible when we train our minds, tune our hearts, and integrate sound business principles with a mindset rooted in compassion. An important and inspiring read.
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~~~~ Be The Change: Check out an excerpt from Infinite Vision and the exciting early reviews from Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, World Religions expert Huston Smith, Acumen Fund’s Jacqueline Novogratz, and others. http://premiere.whatcounts.com/t?ctl=169EF0C:C3009629A010612C17FF248DFAFAD824B4B847859706E37D&

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Intelligence and capability are not enough.There must be the joy of doing something beautiful. — Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy (Dr. V)

~~~~ Good News of the Day: It’s called one of the greatest stories in medicine, but it’s more than that. Its approach has impressed the world’s top design-thinkers, and yet, it’s more than a paragon of innovation. For the last 17 years every MBA student at Harvard has studied a business case on it, but it’s more, even, than a model social enterprise. This is the story of Dr. V — a retired surgeon with crippled fingers who dreamed of ending curable blindness, and the 11-bed eye clinic he founded, called Aravind. In 35 years this world class organization has seen over 32 million patients. Treating the majority for free it’s still remained stunningly profitable. “Infinite Vision” is a new book that tells an amazing story about the human spirit, and what becomes possible when we train our minds, tune our hearts, and integrate sound business principles with a mindset rooted in compassion. An important and inspiring read.
http://premiere.whatcounts.com/t?ctl=169EE1A:C3009629A010612C2B71FC186729F877B4B847859706E37D&

~~~~ Be The Change: Check out an excerpt from Infinite Vision and the exciting early reviews from Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, World Religions expert Huston Smith, Acumen Fund’s Jacqueline Novogratz, and others. http://premiere.whatcounts.com/t?ctl=169EE1B:C3009629A010612C2B71FC186729F877B4B847859706E37D&

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