Birthdays as Opportunities

Posted June 3rd, 2009 by

On Monday, June 1st, I celebrated my 58th birthday. While not a major milestone birthday, it was a significant birthday for me because I celebrated it in the city in which I arrived in the world, New York City. I woke up in Rochester, NY and spent my birthday breakfast with my friend Jan who as I mentioned in a previous blog post is recovering from open heart surgery and who has been my friend for 40 years. When you get to be 58, it is possible to have friends for 40 years or even 50 plus years, if you are lucky. I’m blessed to have several friends whom I’ve known 40 years and longer, and they all have been very good friends to me over the years.

As one of her birthday gifts to me, Jan asked me to pick a Rune card for myself from her deck of cards. In my typical punning way, I heard Rune as “Ruin” and wondered what would be my ruin in this my 58th year. For someone who is in many ways as optimistic as I am, I still confess to having deep roots in the world of pessimism. When I am caught in either optimism or pessimism and can’t see the other side, I don’t think that either one is completely helpful to me. However, when I am able to hold both perspectives as powerful possibilities at the same time, there is a knowing that serves me. Since I have often dubbed myself, “The Queen of Paradox, Or Not…”, it does seem fitting that I would incorrectly associate ruin with rune. Read the rest of this entry »

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Update on Let’s Chat

Posted June 3rd, 2009 by

Despite some resistance from the authorities, Phil has continued to hold his sign high for Let’s Chat. Here’s a video update on his activities.

Congratulations, Phil! You’re doing a great job continuing to create new opportunities for people to interact in Kuala Lumpur. Who knows what the impact will be? At the very least there have been cultural exchanges between you and people from other countries. Perhaps in the future, more Malaysians will engage in Let’s Chat activities. And it seems like you are making new friends. Thanks for playing The Opportunity Game in your own inimitable way!

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