The Newsletter of the Boothby Institute
A monthly publication designed to highlight issues of significance, program news and opportunities, as well as the writings of others related to creating a world that works for everyone.
Under Observation …
Editor's Note: The Story you are about to read is dramatic and very powerful. I think you will agree it is incredibly well written. For now, the author chooses to remain anonymous. Please don't let that distract you from the critical nature of the writing. I believe it draws the ...
THE INSPIRED LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
Programs Begin Live In Cincinnati in September Let your friends who live in Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky know! Mike Schweepe, a 22 year veteran, high achieving insurance agent, his son Matt, author of two books, and founder of Taking a Stand and I have formed The Inspired Leadership Institute. The Inspired ...
Ignorance is Not an Excuse
My Father, God rest his soul, used to say that the reason to study history and philosophy was so that we could grow in wisdom and not continue to make the same mistakes over and over again. While I have been incredibly fortunate to have been educated with at least ...
LOVING ABSOLUTELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
What might happen if we took seriously the idea of loving each person absolutely and unconditionally? At the very least a few more people would do less harm to themselves and others. Perhaps damage in general would decrease. I'll bet one thing would happen for sure. Every person who decided ...
ARROGANCE AND IGNORANCE, THE LEARNING CONTINUES, HUMILITY AT THE FOREFRONT
The year was 1968 and it was our fourth summer working at Upward Bound. The program had now moved to the Greensboro campus of The University of North Carolina Agricultural & Technical College, an institution primarily designed for people of color not pursuing a traditional college education. (Negro colleges themselves ...
BLESSINGS OF THE SEASON
Make yourselves a spectacular Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, whatever your celebration of the miracle of life might be! And use the proper name for the event, remembering that others' traditions are as valuable as yours. Namaste! Bill In addition, I would like to share this special commentary: The following was written ...
You Don’t Know Sha-na-ne and I Love You!
(The First in a Series of Incidents that Came to Shape a Life) Fifty years ago, I thought exactly that way. I grew up in a home where words like nigger and spick, kike and Heb were used. Not often and enough. Every time I heard the words, I cringed ...
One More Thing
It seems there is always “one more thing.” The last word, a new course, the newest invention. A few days ago, I had an experience that allowed me to see even more clearly that what is really necessary at this moment is not “another thing.” Let me see if I ...
Waking Up
Why, when so many great thinkers and/or spiritual leaders have spoken what is necessary for us to create a world at peace, have we failed to achieve it? It is because we have chosen to be asleep, unconscious to the possibilities available to us every second of every day. "I ...
About God
Since I began this work more than forty years ago, I have assiduously avoided any conversation about God or any stand in relationship to my feelings in that regard. My belief was that each person has their own beliefs and that was all there was to it. All of that ...
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