My 10 Basic Everyday Principles 1. Radical Inclusion: Welcome and respect the stranger, and the acquaintance. Treat everyone like they are a good friend, welcome them. Smile and say Hello to people as you walk down the street. 2. Gifting: Practice acts of wild gifting. The value of a gift is unconditional. Give your ideas, time, energy and inspiration freely. Don’t be attached to what might come back to you. 3. Decommodification: Step outside our fake world of brands, corporations and consumerism. Question what you buy, what you support, what you sign up to. Use your role as a citizen to build a brighter future that honors our environment and our humanity. 4. Radical Self-reliance: Make yourself a strong, happy useful citizen. Work on your shit, meditate, do what you need to do to discover, exercise and rely on your inner resources. 5. Radical Self-expression: Get to know yourself. Discover your unique individual gifts and then share them with us so we can be inspired by your beauty. 6. Communal Effort: No man is an island. Hold your community in your heart with every decision you make. Collaborate. Cooperate. Share. 7. Civic Responsibility: Take responsibility for your actions and how they shape our global community. Be an activist. Make your life your message. 8. Leaving No Trace: Respect your environment. Clean up after yourself, and if you notice other people’s litter, clear that up too. 9. Participation: Transformative change happens through deeply personal participation. Don’t be a bystander, take part. If you have something to offer, offer it. If you want to try something, try it. Live your life with an open heart. 10. Immediacy: Do it now. Life is not about tomorrow or next month or next year or when I retire. Life is only this very moment, the only one we can be sure of. Be here now. Experiment with these principles and see what happens. As I reflect on my own experiences of living this way, I get that brilliant song I have been singing since my childhood in my head; from Bugsy Malone, “You give a little love and it all comes back to you.“
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 23:15:12 +0000
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