Humainologie dialogue with Zoom link for tomorrow Wednesday Feb 24 dialogue on Positive Deviance

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” - Helen Keller I think Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Sullivan were both quite brilliant positive deviants. Here is the Zoom link for team practice tomorrow Wednesday February 24, starting at 6:30 PM Calgary time. Topic: Humainologie creative dialogue team practice Time: February 24, 2021 06:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Every week on Wed, 8 occurrence(s) Feb 24, 2021 06:30 PM Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81306921476?pwd=QnJ3bkFvSXVQSWVacXJ4Wml4cTEwUT09 Meeting ID: 813 0692 1476 Passcode: 12345 Based on the outline previously circulated, Trina will give a presentation, then invite Tim McGowan to tell us about his experience in service to others in ten minutes. Then comes your part. Please prepare carefully to share your wisdom and experience. Here are Trina’s questions to guide your preparation: Part II. Group Investigative Exercise: Each of us likely knows a/ several "positively deviant" person/s. It could be someone in our family or community, who seems to have defied odds, standards, and normative expectations. For example, someone who despite suffering abuses and violence manages to overcome trauma to live a grateful, gentle, and peaceful life. Or perhaps, someone who was very poor and downtrodden, yet managed to succeed and be generous everyday. Or perhaps, we have been positively deviant ourselves, when we rose up to the challenge when nobody else would... Can you briefly share this person's inspiring story? Why do you think he or she or they were able to get over hurdles/ adversities? What resources or qualities did they have and how did they activate/ optimize those? Where did support come from and how did they recruit support? What are then the critical steps in their or our own flourishing? Part III. Self Reflection: SWOT Analysis We all have the potential to overcome whatever challenging situations we are in. We will take this opportunity to scan ourselves and our lives to map out our "SWOT": Strengths/ Weaknesses (internal qualities) and the "Opportunities/ Threats" (external conditions) 1) What are the assets/ talents/ skills and gifts that we already have? 2) How can we mobilize and leverage these assets, gifts, and skills to move forward or solve problems or address weaknesses in life? 3) What do you need from your community? 4) What can you offer the community in return? Also (my own request) it would be great if you could write down one highlight (in 75 words or less) from your own shared wisdom on Wednesday and send it to me after the team practice, not later than this coming FRIDAY. Your contributions, based on your positive deviance, are a treasure not to be lost. I would like to send a follow-up email with some of the key take-homes. Last but not least, Helen Ostrowski invites us to the one-year anniversary Memorial Service for Jorg’s passing, which will take place the morning of Friday March 5. I have appended the invitation below. Arthur To Commemorate the One Year Anniversary of our beloved Jorg’s Passing, a Catholic Mass will be celebrated on Friday, March 5, 2021 at 8:30 am, link: www.OLPH.ca, then click livestream (ONLY virtual presence for me & others). Thank you for being part of our life’s journey! Helen Ostrowski (Note: Helen also gave a commemorative tribute to Jorg, at the end of a four-hour international conference last year. Her tribute begins about 15 minutes before the end of the conference:) EcoOne International Meeting 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAJ339o3i8k Helen’s website gives a glimpse of their life and work together: Pathway To Peace : Biosphere Leapfrog http://pathwaytopeace.biosphereleapfrog.com/calgary-ecohome.