Comments on: A Deficit of Joy http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=329 Aut Inveniam, Aut Faciam Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:18:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=7784 hourly 1 By: PatrickGMJ http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=329&cpage=1#comment-480 PatrickGMJ Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:07:12 +0000 http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=329#comment-480 Powerful stuff--and it pulls at my heartstrings as I think about how close to home it touches. I'm testing waters with 'focussed playing' in the coming weeks of my class to see if that can enhance the joys. Powerful stuff–and it pulls at my heartstrings as I think about how close to home it touches. I’m testing waters with ‘focussed playing’ in the coming weeks of my class to see if that can enhance the joys.

]]> By: ernie http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=329&cpage=1#comment-479 ernie Thu, 09 Feb 2006 03:26:52 +0000 http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=329#comment-479 Somewhat along these same lines, I, at one time, found some inspiration or maybe it was consolation in reading Paul Luts's description of <a href="http://vps.arachnoid.com/careware/" rel="nofollow">careware</a>. " So here is my deal: stop whining for an hour, a day, a week, your choice, and you will have earned your copy of Arachnophilia. Say encouraging words to young people, make them feel welcome on the planet Earth (many do not). Show by example that we don't need all we have in order to be happy and productive." Somewhat along these same lines, I, at one time, found some inspiration or maybe it was consolation in reading Paul Luts’s description of careware.
” So here is my deal: stop whining for an hour, a day, a week, your choice, and you will have earned your copy of Arachnophilia. Say encouraging words to young people, make them feel welcome on the planet Earth (many do not). Show by example that we don’t need all we have in order to be happy and productive.”

]]> By: Laura http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=329&cpage=1#comment-478 Laura Wed, 08 Feb 2006 02:33:38 +0000 http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=329#comment-478 How a propos to have found this. I just recently decided that I'd gotten too bogged down in what I don't like about my job--only about 5% of it really--and had forgotten what I loved about it! I've been thinking, though, about emergent systems and their application to organizations and I wonder if higher ed or any particular higher ed institution hasn't evolved to a certain point. Of course, that theory also dictates that small changes could create an evolution in another direction. How a propos to have found this. I just recently decided that I’d gotten too bogged down in what I don’t like about my job–only about 5% of it really–and had forgotten what I loved about it!

I’ve been thinking, though, about emergent systems and their application to organizations and I wonder if higher ed or any particular higher ed institution hasn’t evolved to a certain point. Of course, that theory also dictates that small changes could create an evolution in another direction.

]]> By: Gardo http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=329&cpage=1#comment-477 Gardo Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:48:05 +0000 http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=329#comment-477 In Book 4 of Paradise Lost, Satan lands on Mt. Niphates and confesses his own crime to himself. Among many heartrending words (that do not finally change his mind, alas), he says the following: ... a grateful mind By owing owes not, but is at once Indebted and discharged. In other words, gratitude is a circle of blessings, where what goes around does indeed come around again. What Satan can't endure is the idea that he must depend on, and depend from, others.... In Book 4 of Paradise Lost, Satan lands on Mt. Niphates and confesses his own crime to himself. Among many heartrending words (that do not finally change his mind, alas), he says the following:

… a grateful mind
By owing owes not, but is at once
Indebted and discharged.

In other words, gratitude is a circle of blessings, where what goes around does indeed come around again. What Satan can’t endure is the idea that he must depend on, and depend from, others….

]]> By: Gene Roche http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=329&cpage=1#comment-476 Gene Roche Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:44:40 +0000 http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=329#comment-476 When I returned to my undergraduate college to work 10 years after graduation, I sat down with my advisor to chat and asked him how the place had changed since I left. He said that he thought many faculty had lost ability to be thankful for the opportunities they had. Few people in the world have the chance to work organizations with such noble goals. Even fewer have the opportunity and the freedom to pursue their personal passions. More gratitude would be good too.... When I returned to my undergraduate college to work 10 years after graduation, I sat down with my advisor to chat and asked him how the place had changed since I left. He said that he thought many faculty had lost ability to be thankful for the opportunities they had. Few people in the world have the chance to work organizations with such noble goals. Even fewer have the opportunity and the freedom to pursue their personal passions.

More gratitude would be good too….

]]> By: Alan http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=329&cpage=1#comment-475 Alan Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:21:25 +0000 http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=329#comment-475 Wow, that clip is pure gold. Thanks for posting it! Wow, that clip is pure gold. Thanks for posting it!

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