Nobel Prizes 2022 announced. Annie Ernaux gets for literature – for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements, and collective restraints of personal memory. Ales Bialiatski, Memorial and Centre for Civil Liberaties get for Peace – civil society in their home countries for peace and democracy. Economics went to Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig for research on banks and financial crises.
Women Farmers | Girl Children | Food. Global Hunger Index says India is 107/121. Is it right? If right, what do we do?
Munugode Election Process starts. Himachal and Gujarat Elections are on their way.
Mulayam Singh Yadav (22 November 1939 – 10 October 2022) rests. Netaji had a hand in the history of UP and India.
Xi Peng is moving to be the most powerful in China, Unified China. In the UK, Liz Truss may have to leave.
Who is losing in Ukraine? Another Afghanistan in the making? Are we losing Ukraine? Are we waiting for regime change in Russia?
Do we plan: Long-term systems evolution and Vision (maybe 5-15 years) Strategic Plan (maybe 3-5 years) Tactical Plan (1-3 years) Annual Plan Quarterly Plan? Plan-track-reflect-replan?
Is not the greatness there in the worm doing its duty silently, steadily from moment to moment and hour to hour? Are we losing out because we are more known? Is familiarity breeding contempt? Are we overwhelming the resource providers by constant streaming of the messages? Is it not important that we spend time, listening to them and responding to their needs? Is it not important that we do not get into the trap of communicating all the time without saying much? Is it not important that our culture teaches servicing the community and other stakeholders? This may be beyond methods, technology, metrics, credentials of the staff, budget size et al.
Has age taught us to be more human, to be quicker to accept mistakes, to better balance multiple things happening together, and to be more open? Has age taught us that uncertainties fuel opportunities? I don’t know offers many possibilities and I know there is just one, many a time. We know very little about various events in our lives.
Does life really come in our way? For living our values and pursuing our aspirations. Is it not that we do not prioritize? Do we forget? Do we get carried away by our ‘busyness’? Can we be on our values and aspirations every day? Do we have daily reminders? Do we have alarms that call us back to pause, reflect and realign with what matters to us?
When we have the right to choose, do we generate options/choices? Do we know what choice is right? Is our chosen path giving peace? Is it helping us to realize our inner, and outer potential? There is no need for anyone else to put a stamp of approval. We do not need others’ applause. We are our masters. Masters learn by reflection. By experience and practice. By learning from others. We get wisdom, knowledge, intelligence, skills, competencies and tools. Do we realize the use of role models? Do we realize, unlearning-learning calls for wearing other hats and others’ hats? Walk, talk, think and act like the other person. Do we realize figuring out our ideal/real self can also be a good benchmark to work with?
Yes, we can. Our life, our living is all about this. Our livelihoods are all about this. Our levers, leads, and leadership are all about this. We need to unlearn and learn. We must love doing all this, in co-existence with all ‘life’. Systems, Visions, Strategies, Tactics, and Actions take us to light. This is the way. N takes us to light. In the flow of N. For 7L.
Join us in the yoga of nitya coexistence co-living co-action with time, and energy in nature – nijayoga for 7L.
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