Posts Tagged ‘Most Good Least Harm’
What’s next month’s book?
Are you in a book club? I have been a card-carrying member for about 6 months and have enjoyed all of our talks. But what if book club wasn’t just once a month, what if it was every day? I don’t mean reading a book a day, but if you were to read a book that didn’t stop at the discussion. What if it was a book that could change how you lead your day-to-day life? And your book club could act as a sort of support group. (more…)
A Gift that Lasts All Year
I love December. Amidst the festivities, the sparkling lights and candles to brighten the darkest month, the singing and celebrating, the craft fairs and concerts, the spirit of generosity (albeit too commercialized, but that’s another blog), the gatherings with friends and family, there is also another opportunity I relish: the opportunity to dive into myself and reflect upon the year that has passed and the new one before me.
At the Institute for Humane Education (www.HumaneEducation.org), January is when we offer our online course, “A Better World, A Meaningful Life,” based on my book Most Good, Least Harm. We offer this course in January because it’s a perfect way to begin a new year, providing, as it does, the opportunity to reflect upon one’s deepest values, build community with others who want to align their choices and lives more deeply with what is most important to them, and start the year by putting intentions into action. It take new year’s resolutions and grounds them in practice.
In the dark of winter, such a course is a wonderful opportunity to introspect, to inquire about what is most important to us and make our goals real in order to live with greater integrity and purpose. We know many people who not only decide to take this course themselves, but give it as a holiday gift to a friend or family member, creating the chance to share themselves, their values, their vision and their dreams with someone they love.
Here’s to the joyful, meaningful lives we can create for ourselves and the humane and healthy world we can build together. Happy Holidays!
Action is the Antidote to Despair
We’ll thrilled to have a new blog post to share with you from the delightful Zoe Weil, author of Most Good, Least Harm.
You’re making all the right choices. You’re an organic locavore. Whenever possible, you bike, take public transportation, or walk instead of drive, and when you drive it’s a hybrid. You choose cruelty-free, toxin-free personal care products. You’re a member of a dozen different organizations all with missions you wholeheartedly support. Compact fluorescents? Of course. Bottled water? Never. Yoga and exercise? Regularly. A positive attitude? Absolutely.
But perhaps you, like me, have those dark nights of the despairing soul when you worry whether we really can turn things around on our beleaguered planet. You present a sunny disposition, but deep inside, you sometimes struggle with your own hopelessness. And then you head to your Zumba or Pilates class to sweat away your anxieties and have a shot of wheatgrass to give yourself a boost. You focus on your good choices to stave off any bad feelings lurking below the surface. (more…)
