As I move into the New Year, this poem resonated. Being more mindful, allows me to be aware of the needed balance between passion and compassion. Life has a way of revealing a path when I am patient and open to multiple possibilities.
A mindful attitude–
Seek to choose well
Blend fiery passion
With compassion’s loving kindness.
Let life’s fruit mature;
Ripen deeply
Nurture life’s fully.
A spiritual banquet nourishes
Deepest meanings revealed
I Respond to life’s bounty.
Assume responsibility
For one’s self
For each other.
Welcome the world
Understand–
With childlike wonder
Become one;
Become whole
Transform the self.
About ivonprefontaine
In keeping with bell hooks and Noam Chomsky, I consider myself a public and dissident intellectual. Part of my work is to move beyond (transcend) institutional dogmas that bind me to defend freedom, raising my voice to be heard on behalf of those who seek equity and justice in all their forms.
I completed my PhD in Philosophy of Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA. My dissertation and research was how teachers experience becoming teachers and their role as leaders.
I focus on leading, communicating, and innovating in organizations. This includes mindfuful servant-leadership, World Cafe events, Appreciative Inquiry, and expressing one's self through creativity. I offer retreats, workshops, and presentations that can be tailored to your organzations specific needs.
I published peer reviewed articles about schools as learning organizations, currere as an ethical pursuit, and hope as an essential element of adult eductaion. I published three poems and am currently preparing my poetry to publish as an anthology of poetry.
I present on mindful leadership, servant leadership, schools as learning organizations, how teachers experience becoming teachers, assessement, and critical thinking. I facilitate mindfulness, hospitality retreats. and World Cafe Events using Appreciative Inquiry.
I am writing and researching about various forms of leadership, how teachers inform and form their identity as a particular teacher, schools as learning organizations, hope, nonviolence and its anticipatory relationship with the future, as essential elements to teaching and learning.
Academic publications can be found at Ivon Gile Prefontaine on ResearchGate
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Teacher as Transformer 
Very good wisdom in your words, Thank you.
Thank you and you are welcome.
Always growing.
Always.
enjoyed this
personal sharing
of passion
for all! 🙂
Thank you.
Lovely and very wise words on the eve of closing one year and moving into a new beginning. Wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year. Paulette & gang
Thank you Paulette and gang. Have a great New Year.
Great thoughts & words to share as we look into a new year.
Happy 2014! 🙂
Thank you and enjoy a wonderful New Year with your loved ones.
i am thinking about having a new year resolution this year, for a change – to make myself smile every day from heart 🙂
Thank you very much for following the blog, I really look forward to reading your posts and happy new year 2014. Gede Prama 🙂
You are welcome and thank you. Take care and enjoy a wonderful New Year with your loved ones.
Beautiful composition.
Wishing you have peace, happy, prosperous and Auspicious New Year.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014.
Beautiful composition.
Wishing you have peace, happy, prosperous and Auspicious New Year.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014.
Thank you Lvsrao. Take care and have a wonderful New Year with your loved ones.
Blessings to you and your family for the new year. May it bring you continued wisdom to share.
Elisa
Thank you Elisa. Take care and have a wonderful New Year with your loved ones.
Happy New Year, Ivon!! A brand new unbroken chain of days stretches now before us – live well!
Thank you Melody. All the best to you and your loved ones in the upcoming New Year.
Hope you have a Happy New Year. For whatever reason WP won’t let me like any of the postings from today . . . so I wanted you to know I appreciate all you write and look forward to reading your postings. Blessings in 2014!
Thank you so much for leaving a wonderful comment. Take care and have a great 2014.
Beautiful wise words to accompany us into the new year. Wishing you & yours lots of happiness in 2014.
Thank you. Take care and enjoy a great 2014 with your loved ones.
i will try to keep the words in mind as i walk through the days!
Thank you for a beautiful thought.
Beautiful. And so very true. Thanks for sharing, and for liking “Snow, Sleds, and Memories” 🙂
Thank you and you are welcome.
Spread your zen! 🙂
Thank you Jackie. We should each do so.