tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post3138709532504189030..comments2023-03-26T01:02:06.760-07:00Comments on The Fearless Heart: Resilience when Working for ChangeMiki Kashtanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907977416574801559noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-27330888328737479332012-03-19T04:28:25.028-07:002012-03-19T04:28:25.028-07:00Thanks for this post, Miki. It resonates with my e...Thanks for this post, Miki. It resonates with my experience of this past year working on community resilience in my neighbourhood. Reading that those of us involved in change might be less resilient because our needs are less often met was a aha moment. Many of us attracted to social change groups stand apart from mainstream society, due to life circumstances, our values, an unconventional careerVerenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-6523362139758849822012-03-18T07:43:29.417-07:002012-03-18T07:43:29.417-07:00Dear Sarah
I have found reading your contribution ...Dear Sarah<br />I have found reading your contribution to be very moving. It connects me with a part of myself that knows the truth of what you write. It may even contribute to my creating change. I am deeply grateful to you and to Miki for bringing this subject to light.<br />PatPat Kerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10879750797428897553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-43971116152801774432012-03-17T20:33:02.447-07:002012-03-17T20:33:02.447-07:00Miki, you ask "why it is that any of us would...Miki, you ask "why it is that any of us would work for change?" and answer, "we work for change because our needs, on balance, are not met in how the world operates or in how our individual lives unfold." For me, what came to mind when I read that is the possibility that motivation for change could be not just about present needs but also about needs not met in the past. ForJean Meierhttp://creativelearningassociates.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-91978689190816640982012-03-16T15:28:08.290-07:002012-03-16T15:28:08.290-07:00Glad to see this! For many years I've been dee...Glad to see this! For many years I've been deeply interested in what sustains people in change work, be they psychotherapists or activists. <br /><br />I can see how needs being unmet can definitely motivate one to change; has been true for me. At the same time, I feel concern about focusing on the unmetness of needs as a motivator, b/c it gives me a starting point of lack. Sometimes I thinkJean McElhaneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-53560445496882768362012-03-15T19:47:20.106-07:002012-03-15T19:47:20.106-07:00Why create change? In my case, I am only partiall...Why create change? In my case, I am only partially motivated by my own unmet needs. A bigger part of my motivation to create change comes from the unmet needs of others and my own relative privilege. I consider myself, in spite of my share of difficulties, to be enormously privileged. Along with that I sense a tremendous responsibility to make that privilege count for something much bigger sarahnoreply@blogger.com