A Prayer for the Crown-Shy: A Monk and Robot Book (Monk & Robot 2)
And so at a certain point “helper” and “helped” simply begin to dissolve. What’s real is the helping—the process in which we’re all blessed, according to our needs and our place at the moment. How much we can get back in giving! How much we can offer in the way we receive! But even “giving” and “receiving” now seem artificial. Where does one begin,
... See moreRam Dass • How Can I Help?: Stories and Reflections on Service
I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walk
down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs
to let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless you”
when someone sneezes, a leftover
from the Bubonic plague. “Don’t die,” we are saying.
And sometimes, when you spill lemons
from your grocery bag, someone else will help you
pick them up. Mostl
... See moreDanusha Laméris • Poem: Small Kindnesses (Published 2019)
the essence of community, its very heart and soul, is the nonmonetary exchange of value [...] It arises from deep, intuitive, understanding that self-interest is inseparably connected with community interest
Dee Hock • One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organizati…
Underlying the structural changes was an ideological shift toward reciprocity, an ideal of sharing and balance that undergirded economics, politics, and religion across much of the continent. The Sonoran Desert–living O’odham, for example, developed a himdag , or “way of life,” that taught that people are supposed to share with one another accordin... See more