2/14/04 VS Chicago Meeting Notes

 

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"The sole cause of man's unhappiness
is that he doesn't know how
to sit quietly in his own room."

-- Blaise Pascal; French philosopher & mathematician

(p74 of "Get A Life" by Ralph Warner)


 

Jessica, Tom, Joe, Jill, Gerry, Dennis, Elsia, Linda, Dave, Colin, Laura, Nancy, Louella, Tom, Dave, Mark, Mike, Bob, Ross and Mike welcomed Leo, Stef, Krista, Herbert and Christine to their first meeting.

Jill opened the space with a brief round of introductions and announcements. The group then created the following list of discussion topics:

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Announcements <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

  1. March 13, 2004 VS Chicago Meeting Moved!
    Due to St. Patrick's Day activities, the March VS Chicago meeting will be at the Chicago Culture Center, 1455 S Wabash, Chicago, 312-913-1211 (we'll return to the Crossroads Center in April). A big thank you to Laura for obtaining this meeting space for us all.
  2. Your Money Or Your Life (YMOYL) On Line Study Guide (OLSG) Session
    Jill Brown will be serving on the March YMOYL OLSG sessions hosted by the Simple Living Network (see
    http://www.simpleliving.net/olsg/default.asp). For anyone interested in pursuing the Your Money or Your Life Program, the eight week OLSG sessions are a great way to help you move through the first five Steps of YMOYL.
  3. Name Tags...
    If you have a name tag, please begin bringing it to the meetings (as a way of getting to know one another).

 

>>>>>>>>>>> TOPICS <<<<<<<<<<<<<<

 Open mindedness

 Honoring your truth => honest with yourself, some soul searching, self-understanding

 Self-reliant

 Living in "truth"

 Flexibility

 Thinking outside the box

 Imagination

 Resourcefulness

 Willingness to be different

 Courage => willing to be different, take risks

 Paradigm Shift

 Positive Attitude

 Independence, autonomous nature

 

 

We adjourned and closed the meeting space at 12:10pm. Gas was prominently mentioned this morning...



(Recorded by Mike Lenich)