Comments on: Finally… A Change http://influencelife.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/finally-a-change/ Life, Leadership, Change Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:15:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jonathan Clark http://influencelife.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/finally-a-change/#comment-20 Jonathan Clark Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:53:54 +0000 http://influencelife.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-20 Brilliant - I really enjoyed reading this. I'm always on the lookout for quality material and opinions on the web. May I pass this URL to my students? I'm sure they'd enjoy reading it too. Brilliant – I really enjoyed reading this. I’m always on the lookout for quality material and opinions on the web.

May I pass this URL to my students? I’m sure they’d enjoy reading it too.

]]> By: Jo Ann Goertner http://influencelife.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/finally-a-change/#comment-15 Jo Ann Goertner Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:58:46 +0000 http://influencelife.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-15 Ron, Thanks for sharing yourself so openly - both your losses and your wins! We were on the Pesrpective 1 teleclass at ICA together tonight. You have obviously made a huge commitment to yourself and to your passion for helping others, in order to be at ICA and to honor what is most important within you. It is a privilege to read your blog. (And I hope I will also take it as an inspiration to jump wholeheartedly into my own blog which I have not really done yet.) I have a 20-something daughter, and I can honestly say that the extraordinary vision, commitment, and passion of her and her close friends - so similar to your own - has played a large part in restoring me to a perspective of hope for humanity. I also relate deeply to your gratitude at having found a "work environment ... that has the secret mantra, 'it’s okay to be me'". I too have been fortunate to find such an accepting and nurturing environment as a software developer at TeraTech. A favorite book I read recently ('Soul Stories' by Gary Zukav) says: "We are all beginning to want spiritual partnerships.... Only spiritual growth satisfies.... Every spriritual partnership is different. Some look like marriages. Others look like businesses. Others look like baseball teams.... " It is clear to me that we all need those kinds of partnerships in which to grow. When I read Zukav's words, I recognized that the company I work for is in a very deep sense a spiritual partnership ... although on the surface it takes the form of a business. Without it, and without another spiritual partnership that is my deep and abiding friendship with my daughter, I might never have grown to the point of finding and enrolling in ICA. Tonight was my first teleclass at ICA, and I can already sense that the elements of a spiritual patnership exist in this extraordinary community as well. Thanks again for being part of it! Jo Ann Ron,

Thanks for sharing yourself so openly – both your losses and your wins! We were on the Pesrpective 1 teleclass at ICA together tonight. You have obviously made a huge commitment to yourself and to your passion for helping others, in order to be at ICA and to honor what is most important within you. It is a privilege to read your blog. (And I hope I will also take it as an inspiration to jump wholeheartedly into my own blog which I have not really done yet.)

I have a 20-something daughter, and I can honestly say that the extraordinary vision, commitment, and passion of her and her close friends – so similar to your own – has played a large part in restoring me to a perspective of hope for humanity.

I also relate deeply to your gratitude at having found a “work environment … that has the secret mantra, ‘it’s okay to be me’”. I too have been fortunate to find such an accepting and nurturing environment as a software developer at TeraTech.

A favorite book I read recently (‘Soul Stories’ by Gary Zukav) says: “We are all beginning to want spiritual partnerships…. Only spiritual growth satisfies…. Every spriritual partnership is different. Some look like marriages. Others look like businesses. Others look like baseball teams…. ”

It is clear to me that we all need those kinds of partnerships in which to grow. When I read Zukav’s words, I recognized that the company I work for is in a very deep sense a spiritual partnership … although on the surface it takes the form of a business. Without it, and without another spiritual partnership that is my deep and abiding friendship with my daughter, I might never have grown to the point of finding and enrolling in ICA. Tonight was my first teleclass at ICA, and I can already sense that the elements of a spiritual patnership exist in this extraordinary community as well.

Thanks again for being part of it!

Jo Ann

]]> By: bettinaarmstrong http://influencelife.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/finally-a-change/#comment-8 bettinaarmstrong Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:46:23 +0000 http://influencelife.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-8 Congratulations Ron! This a wonderfully moving story and so needed for all those young lost souls out there. You will be an inspiration to a lot of other people. Thank you for sharing your story. I too joined ICA recently (May 29, 2008) and am finally following my heart's desire (only I took a roundabout way to my destination). I am just starting my blog and not being that computer savvy was looking for some inspiration through the ICA blog links. That is how I ended up here. :) Good luck on your journey and if there is anyway I can help, let me know. Take care, Bettina Congratulations Ron! This a wonderfully moving story and so needed for all those young lost souls out there. You will be an inspiration to a lot of other people. Thank you for sharing your story.

I too joined ICA recently (May 29, 2008) and am finally following my heart’s desire (only I took a roundabout way to my destination). I am just starting my blog and not being that computer savvy was looking for some inspiration through the ICA blog links. That is how I ended up here. :)

Good luck on your journey and if there is anyway I can help, let me know.

Take care,
Bettina

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