I think ; therefore I am & Je pense, donc je suis & Penso dunque sono & Ich denke, also bin ich & Pienso, luego existo & Düşünüyorum, öyleyse varım !!.
The link included quotes from Rumi and Tolstoy. We begin changing the world as an internal project, one that changes who we are first. The ripple effect is only possible, not certain. I say possible, because there is no certainty in life’s project. They take time, patience, and compassion to encounter who we are in an honest way. Living is hard work and it is not easily completed.
The change in self is possibly easier when we are older and take time living. It is also harder. Are we able to move the same way we did as a younger person? We can be more mindful and attentive perhaps. We can only hope the ripple reaches those close and they are able to use those ripples in meaningful ways.
Whatever we do, we should only expect the change to be our change. We can only till the soil closest and most meaningful to us.
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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 and its anticipatory relationship with the future, and hope as an essential element in learning.
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Teacher as Transformer 
Yes!!!!
Thank you for a lovely comment.
The only thing we can change for sure is ourselves. We may have impact on decisions others make, but mostly that’s through the life we lead, the examples we give, and the information we share.
I agree Emilie. Your opening sentence is spot on.
Wonderful insights and a powerful responsibility we have to ourselves to be the change we wish to see. Thankyou.
Karen
You are welcome Karen. It is a large responsibility that sometimes seems quite heavy.
Thank you Ivon for your wise & wonderful commentary! The first quote is one of my absolute favorites.
You are welcome. I find Rumi inspires so much.
Bravo
Thank you Bonnie.
It is a good point that life is hard work. We must make it worth the effort. Finding meaning is part of our journey. Hugs, Barbara
It is. Thank you for the comment and re-blog Barbara.
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