The Gifting Tree Wellness Network is part of the
"gift economy," which represents a shift from
consumption to contribution,
transaction to trust,
scarcity to abundance and
isolation to community.

Archive for the ‘General Stuff’ Category

We Are Between Stories

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

by Judith Thompson We live in an exciting time. As cultural historian, Thomas Berry put it: “We are between stories.” The old story — bracketed on the one side by reductionist scientific materialism, and on the other by institutional religious dogmas — is no longer able to guide us toward human or planetary flourishing. Instead, [...]

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Posted in General Stuff, New Paradigm |

Today You, Tomorrow Me

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

–from www.dailygood.com During this past year I’ve had three instances of car trouble: a blowout on a freeway, a bunch of blown fuses and an out-of-gas situation. They all happened while I was driving other people’s cars, which for some reason makes it worse on an emotional level. And on a practical level as well, [...]

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Posted in General Stuff, Sharing the gift |

News of selfless acts has positive effect

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

The Canadian Press Burmese monks defied a repressive regime and led a series of pro-democracy protests in 2007. Associated Press   Good news begets better people. That was the conclusion of new research released Tuesday by the University of British Columbia, that found people with a strong sense of “moral identity” were inspired to do [...]

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Finding Peace of Mind in the Here and Now

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Our present nature believes that everything worthwhile, i.e., pleasurable, has to do with what we can extract from our relationships, business, money, powers, etc. We look into this world that we see as being outside of us, hoping to find something in it to complete us. What we don’t see is that the nature that [...]

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