Grateful to be part of today's profound, mysterious, insightful meeting. Here are some activities of my current Path Forward for March 2025: World/Nation: Writing weekly essays for “Compassionate Conversations” and publishing on Substack; speaking to young leaders in Pakistan by Zoom in collaboration with Dr. Ameena Zia; posting on Facebook and LinkedIn; creating a new book of essays Compassionate Deeds and Words, in collaboration with Dr. Cosmas Gitta; revising (adding past five years) to Serving People and Planet; writing an article on the 80th anniversary of the UN for the UN bulletin; participating in Democratic party precinct meetings. Community: (Creating an island of sanity to care for the beloved community) Caring for neighbors (34 families) in Woodburn Place/our HOA; caring for Swannanoa, NC, after hurricane Helene disaster; mentoring Diana McCall, a local ToP facilitator; weekly protests in Black Mountain. Family: Caring for wife, children, and grandchildren with regular get-togethers. Self: Caring for self with the Lotus Institute - Peggy Rowe’s meditations and Larry Ward’s talks (also Beret Griffith, Judi White, etc.); daily mindful breathing and walking. Robertson Work Books and bio<https://www.amazon.com/Robertson-Work/e/B075612GBF> Essays on Substack<https://robertsonwork.substack.com/> Videos and articles<https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/author/robertson-work/> Interviews and poetry<https://www.globalheart2heart.com/a-compassionate-civilization-creating-a-new-future-now/?fbclid=IwAR2EAy4c64wCRzlzUCzVKXokqce3hePofFvzdzvCM5aDYRb9QgdFyQPUyxU> ________________________________ From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Don Bushman via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2025 8:07 PM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Don Bushman <onedonbushman@gmail.com> Subject: [Dialogue] A Path Forward Conversation on the Ides of March A Path Forward Conversation Saturday 15 March 4 pm Eastern 1 pm Pacific This Saturday Sunny Walker will be facilitating a conversation addressing the question "What role do shared narratives and cultural continuity play in engagement?" as it becomes clearer that collapse i.e. withdrawal, does not answer the call to engage in doing the necessary deed of addressing the innocent suffering in our moment. Please join us in the zoom room found at the zoom is of 630 013 695 and the password is 352922. Don Bushman [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zOIu3LEC6MFTWTu0KY7E502yfIl...] [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wgIOy7oWy3z_VRwzsBpODEX3NNQ...] 828-292-9696