Humainologie creative dialogue Choosing Our Theme for February this Wednesday January 27

“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” - Mother Theresa

“The way happiness works is that it creates the condition for love to flourish and you cannot have one without the other, they are two sides of a coin.” https://bit.ly/39i1hNZ This month, January 2021, our creative dialogue theme has been Happiness. Kelly McGonigal has a new book on the connection between happiness and even small amounts of exercise https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/04/790346204/hope-happiness-and-social-connection-hidden-benefits-of-regular-exercise You can get small amounts of exercise with an immediate effect on your happiness by dancing, and here’s another warm-up exercise for Wednesday, just for fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTfxennz3xU This Wednesday January 27, we’ll select our creative dialogue theme for February. Our guest, who will share his wisdom on where to find happiness, will be Imam Fayaz Tilly, whose biographical sketch is appended below this message. You have already received the menu of possibilities for themes that we developed at our dialogue in early January. Two dialogue artists have already sent in their votes, one for Love and one for Positive Deviance. Here is the Zoom link for team practice this Wednesday, where you can give your vote for our February theme. Topic: Humainologie creative dialogue team practice Time: Jan 27, 2021 06:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Every week on Wed, until Feb 24, 2021, 8 occurrence(s) Jan 27, 2021 06:30 PM Feb 3, 2021 06:30 PM Feb 10, 2021 06:30 PM Feb 17, 2021 06:30 PM Feb 24, 2021 06:30 PM Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81306921476?pwd=QnJ3bkFvSXVQSWVacXJ4Wml4cTEwUT09 Meeting ID: 813 0692 1476 Passcode: 12345 Don’t forget to get your happiness booster shot this month! Toot sweet, Arthur Imam Fayaz Tilly Fayaz Tilly is an Islamic scholar, educator and Muslim Chaplain. At present, he is the Khateeb, one who delivers the Friday sermon to congregants, Imam and Religious advisor for the Muslim Council of Calgary and also serves as a full time Chaplain at the University of Calgary and a part time Chaplain at Mount Royal University and SAIT. He graduated from the Al-Madania Islamic Seminary in Buffalo, New York where he graduated with distinction. He was a recipient of gold medal along with his colleagues for Interfaith work by the World Interfaith Harmony Week, awarded by King Abdullah II in 2017 and continues to serve various communities across Canada and the United States and has great interest and experience in collaborating and building bridges with different faith/spiritual and philosophical traditions promoting inclusivity, and religious pluralism. He also serves as an instructor after founding IlmIntensive in 2007, enjoys skiing, bike riding and has a keen interest in youth-oriented activities and community development. He lives in Southern Calgary with his family.