To not be too proud to be strong

Learnings on a Monday morning

"Don't be afraid to be weak" (check, this I've learned years back!) 

but

I've always wondered what it means to " not be too proud to be strong".  

I think I'm learning! 

Return to Innocence  by Enigma

Love
Devotion

Feeling
Emotion

Don't be afraid to be weak
Don't be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence
The return to innocence
And if you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny
Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence
That's not the beginning of the end
That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence
That's return to innocence

Writings 2020 and 2017. Much can be built "from the grassroots up"

(2020) Towards a New Bretton Woods Moment

A podcast, in-between business and academia, found a name today - "Castles in the Air"! Refers to International Relations scholar Hedley Bull's thinking that without stable understandings between the major powers on how to conduct their mutual relations, international organizations are like castles in the air (unrealistic dreams). For him, stability is like sand. 

Q: Within the trade war tensions of today, could UNDP coordination of global SDG Finance create new "sand of stability"? Could the scaling up of investments into companies that link their businesses with the UN 2030 sustainable development goals create cohesion and further peace? I believe so! In the words of IMF Director Kristalina Georgieva:"We can do better than build back the pre-pandemic world – we can build forward to a world that is more resilient, sustainable, and inclusive. We must seize this new Bretton Woods moment."

New Bretton Woods Moment meaning: New balance built together. In financing the goals for sustainable development, the UNDP is working on nothing less than reforming global financial architecture (towards triple-bottom line thinking!) On the grassroots level, every "power coupling" of investment and business activity targeting a SDG counts.

(2017) In a time of great technological transformation, it is

important that we treasure togetherness.

Buiding connection.

And together, by sharing our

acquired life wisdom, we can make sense of

the changes. Community

learning is important, because much can
be built "from the grassroots up".

Society flourishes when each
individual blossoms. And a grand key to our
flourish, is, simply, connection. The human
connection! The social impact project which
sprang from this blog has arranged thematic
tea tastings, and other community events over
the past seven years. We have documented
events as has been possible. 

This action has also functioned as a type of
R&D center for the mother company. We are happy to
say that we have been applying our learnings to our
adventures in the Wild Wild...East.

Now, it is time for some structural changes -
onwards and upwards! Change.