<div dir="ltr">Hope to be there!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 5:57 PM Leo Jacoby <<a href="mailto:leopjacoby@gmail.com">leopjacoby@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="width:756px;height:44px">
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<h1 style="margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span lang="en-US" style="font-weight:normal"><font color="#000000" size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Humanity Rising is a great venue for building a learning community. Thank you Jim Garrison, <a href="http://et.al" target="_blank">et.al</a>. The HR After Party (afterchat community) is another venue for weaving relationships. Thank you Stanley Pokras :) </font></span></h1><h1 style="margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-weight:normal"><span lang="en-US"><font color="#000000" size="4">Out of this rich soil a tiny bloom, a "deep dive" to share our experiences of gratefulness. My invite (below and attached) gives details how you can participate in what Kurt Krueger prefers to call a "Love Fest." The one hour Zoom session happens to be on my birthday, June 2, but the focus is on how each of us practices, remembers and shares gratitude, each in our unique ways. Think about briefly sharing by email or zoom. </font></span><font size="4">We would love to learn a bit about your gratitude experiences. </font></font></h1><h1 style="margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-weight:normal">Cordial Blessings, </font></h1><h1 style="margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="font-weight:normal">Leo Jacoby</font></h1><h1 style="margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4" style="font-weight:normal" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Afterchat Community (HR's "fan club")</font></h1><h1 style="margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold""><span lang="en-US"><font color="#000000" size="4">--------------------------------------------------- </font></span></h1><h1 style="margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";font-size:18pt;color:black"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:22pt;color:rgb(180,67,22)">An Invitation: Celebrate Gratitude...</span><span lang="en-US" style="color:rgb(180,67,22);font-weight:normal;font-size:22pt"></span></h1>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";color:black"><font size="4"><b><span style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;color:rgb(192,0,0)">1.</span><span style="width:7.5pt"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="color:rgb(192,0,0)"> Prepare for a Deep Dive on Gratefulness</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";font-size:12pt;color:black"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> I have been known to share links. Here are a few you may enjoy:</span></p><p style="margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";color:black"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><font size="1"><br></font></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";font-size:12pt;color:black"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:3pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span><a href="https://youtu.be/mRF1GUZHDIo" style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:0pt" target="_blank"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">https://youtu.be/mRF1GUZHDIo</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> (10:21) “I don’t have time for things which are not real. I don’t have enough time left. So, I want my life to feel authentic.” Theo du Plessis is five years younger than me and many years wiser. I found this short video at: </span><a href="https://gratefulness.org/" style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:0pt" target="_blank"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">https://gratefulness.org/</span></a> <span lang="en-US" style="font-size:12pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Also at this network for grateful living: an interview with David Steindl-Rast about gratitude as the path to a better world; a clear values and mission vision; daily questions; and more. A search for "gratitude journal" led me to this and other helpful sites:</span></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";font-size:12pt;color:black"><span style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;font-family:Symbol;font-size:10pt">¨</span><span style="width:11.25pt"> </span><a href="https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/gratitude_journal" target="_blank"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/gratitude_journal</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""></span></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";font-size:12pt;color:black"><span style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;font-family:Symbol;font-size:10pt">¨</span><span style="width:11.25pt"> </span><a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/tips_for_keeping_a_gratitude_journal" target="_blank"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/tips_for_keeping_a_gratitude_journal</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""></span></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";font-size:12pt;color:black"><span style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;font-family:Symbol;font-size:10pt">¨</span><span style="width:11.25pt"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span><a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/profile/Robert_Emmons" target="_blank"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/profile/Robert_Emmons</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""></span></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";font-size:12pt;color:black"><span style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;font-family:Symbol;font-size:10pt">¨</span><span style="width:11.25pt"> </span><a href="https://positivepsychology.com/gratitude-journal/" target="_blank"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">https://positivepsychology.com/gratitude-journal/</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> -- 66 templates, ideas, and apps</span></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 8pt 18pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";font-size:12pt;color:black"><span style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;font-family:Symbol;font-size:10pt">¨</span><span style="width:11.25pt"> </span><a href="https://www.intelligentchange.com/blogs/read/ultimate-gratitude-journal-guide" target="_blank"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">https://www.intelligentchange.com/blogs/read/ultimate-gratitude-journal-guide</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";color:black"><b><font size="4"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:rgb(180,67,22)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(192,0,0);text-indent:0pt">2. Share your Practices and Stories of Gratefulness</span></font></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";font-size:12pt;color:black"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> We encourage one another by sharing: 1) How do you practice gratefulness? 2) Your specific experience—for whom or what and why are you grateful? Here are two ways to </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";text-decoration-line:underline">briefly</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> share:</span></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 8pt 18pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";font-size:12pt;color:black"><span style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:12pt">1.</span><span style="width:9.75pt"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold">By emailing: </span><a href="mailto:leopjacoby@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">leopjacoby@gmail.com</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> with the subject line “GRATITUDE.” I will compile all replies into a “</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-style:italic">Document of Gratitude</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">” and provide responders a link to its Google doc.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 8pt 18pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";font-size:12pt"><span style="color:black;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:12pt">2.</span><span style="color:black;width:11.25pt"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="color:black;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold">By attending a “Danke-Fest”</span><span lang="en-US" style="color:black;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> on Wednesday </span><span lang="en-US" style="color:black;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold">June 2</span><span lang="en-US" style="color:black;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">, (my 72</span><span lang="en-US" style="color:black;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><sup>nd</sup></span><span lang="en-US" style="color:black;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> birthday) </span><span lang="en-US" style="color:black;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold"><span dir="ltr"></span>2:30-3:30pm </span><span lang="en-US" style="color:black;font-size:9pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";text-decoration-line:underline;font-weight:bold">EDT</span><span lang="en-US" style="color:black;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-weight:bold"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="color:black;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">in Stanley’s Zoom Room. Go to </span><a href="https://zoom.us" style="color:black" target="_blank"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">https://zoom.us</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="color:black;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">; join with meeting ID: 810 4561 3451 and passcode: 919541. We will record the Zoom hour and provide its link on request for those unable to attend live. We will add written chat comments to the “</span><span lang="en-US" style="color:black;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-style:italic">Document of Gratitude</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><font color="#000000">.” </font><font color="#ff0000">Notice: time given is Eastern Daylight Time; adjust for your timezone.</font></span></p><p style="margin:0pt 0pt 8pt 18pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold""><b style="color:rgb(192,0,0);text-indent:0pt"><font size="4">3. Tell others your Thank-yous</font></b><br></p>
<p style="margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";font-size:12pt;color:black"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> Take a break from news and solving world problems. Express your gratefulness to the people you love. I thank the Master Weaver who guides our paths to cross. I thank You for being part of the We, we are becoming.</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";font-size:12pt;color:black"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> The Zoom culture has enabled us to make new connections around the world. I am grateful for </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";text-decoration-line:underline">you</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">, families, friends, and the gift of community in its many forms.</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";font-size:12pt;color:black"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> You </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";text-decoration-line:underline">are</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> my happy birthday blessings!</span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans Ultra Bold";font-size:12pt;color:black"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></p>
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