The author has written a series of books about gratitude. He says that the book helped him deal with his anger and depression. In it, he also talks about how we have an american sense of optimism. The serenity to know what we can change and what we can't is part of being grateful. But there's still a lot now that we can't control in our lives - so why not be thankful?
Joanna Macy is an environmental activist, author, a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. She has written and co-authored many books, including translating much of Rilke’s work
Eric and Joanna discuss her translations of Rilke along with her important “Work That Reconnects”.
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Joanna Macy and I Discuss her Work That Reconnects and…
- Her book translation, Letters to a Young Poet by Rilke
- The joy she experienced translating the work of Rilke with her coauthor Anita Barrows
- Having patience, curiosity and learning "to live the questions now"
- Asking ourselves how can we trust and be trusted
- Her important work called "The Work That Reconnects"
- Her three visions of living
- "Business as Usual" refers to the growth economy and capitalism
- "The Great Unraveling" refers to the world losing its coherence
- "The Great Turning" is the slowing down the destruction of the world and building new ways of doing things
- Her important activist work
- Knowing what we can control, but still caring about what we can't control
- How this work is a "celebration of the awareness of the great reciprocity at the heart of the universe"
Joanna Macy Links:
Joanna’s Website
Work That Reconnects
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