<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks Mary,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">a rare and uplifting appreciative inquiry. This perspective matters.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Paul<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 22 Aug 2018, at 08:09, Mary Kurian D'Souza via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">A couple of people have enquired about the flood situation in Kerala<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This article has been written and published by my cousin's son Vivek George who lives and works in Kochi, Kerala.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Personally, I think that the task of rehabilitation is a grassroots task that is likely to take 30 to 40-years if we treat Mother Earth kindly and work collaboratively.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I share this because we have a great deal to learn about tragedies and how we can work together to address the immediate issues and work on long-term solutions. It is the task of cultural re-orientation and recreating paradigms that demonstrate our interdependence.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">May we have the grace to listen carefully, learn well and work collaboratively for our common well being,</div><div class="">Mary</div><div class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">Kerala just witnessed the worst flood in a century. It has damaged thousands of homes and displaced hundreds of people. Now as water recedes, this flood has made us think and realize that we have not lost everything. Please read through this article which details 10 positive takeaways from this calamity. The link to the article is also given below</span></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div id="gmail-m_4948655765182605940gmail-m_8942294928773505040ygrp-text" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><font face="georgia, serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="georgia, serif" class=""><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/happy-side-kerala-floods-vivek-george/" target="_blank" class="">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/happy-side-kerala-floods-vivek-george/</a></font></div></div></div><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>
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