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(Allegheny Sunset)

JOE: Good morning Calliope.
CALLIOPE: Good morning Joe. I wonder about your wisdom project and why you chose it.
JOE: Good question. I think it sprung from my mother's recent ninetieth birthday. It made me stop to think what's important to me at this point in my life.
CALLIOPE: What did you discover?
JOE: First, I discovered what's not so important. I have been pursuing marketing as a way to make money.
CALLIOPE: Something wrong with that?
JOE: No, but to do justice to the Guerrilla Marketing I have been reading about as a path to making money, I would need to devote the bulk of my time and energy in the pursuit, pushing writing meaningfully to a secondary importance.
CALLIOPE: I see.
JOE: I am starting to see what's important to me. I think more money would be nice but would also distract me from my goal.
CALLIOPE: Which is?
JOE: To help other see the value of the collected wisdom of the ages and live in tune with our earth and its community rather than selfishly grabbing what we can.
CALLIOPE: A tall order.
JOE: I know. It's not one I can do alone. Others have gone before me in the effort, others are active now and I am sure others will follow. But I want to do my part.
CALLIOPE: Sounds like you want to make your contribution to living meaningfully.
JOE: Correct. Now to do it. Talk with you tomorrow.

 

 

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https://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/jlangen/conversations-calliope-writing-and-meaning/9838#comments https://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/jlangen/conversations-calliope-writing-and-meaning/9838 Sep 29, 2009, 7:55am values Conversations with Calliope-Writing and Meaning jlangen <p> </p><h2><br> &nbsp;</h2> <p>&nbsp;<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uV2zlehaKHU/SsH0IFkX3SI/AAAAAAAAB1U/w6_r5-cew7A/s1600-h/Allegheny+Sunset.jpg"></a><br> <br> <br> (Allegheny Sunset)<br> <br> JOE: Good morning Calliope.<br> CALLIOPE: Good morning Joe. I wonder about your wisdom project and why you chose it.<br> JOE: Good question. I think it sprung</p>