[statecom-discuss] ] why are good feelings so scarce?

[Wendy Van Horne]

Thank you Jamie,
 
Claudia described email etiquette very well!  Now let's all print it out and tape it above our computers!
 
Wendy



> From: experimental_radio at hotmail.com> To: adcom at green-rainbow.org; statecom-discuss at green-rainbow.org> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:17:31 -0500> CC: > Subject: [statecom-discuss] ] why are good feelings so scarce?> > > > > >From: ellquist.co.atty at juno.com> >To: experimental_radio at hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: [usgp-nc] why are good feelings so scarce?> > > cludia responded to a post i made on the national list about being nice to > each other,> > stem cells and human beings....> > I myself need to look at how i write to these list we should make more of an > effort to be nice to each other to meet our goals,> > peace> > jamm> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> >Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:56:20 -07> >hi, jamie [off list]> >I agree that we should treat each other better on this list [and> >everywhere]/> >Here is what I have find to work:> >> >1. I can always control what I contribute. I never send anything out> >that I have not re-read twice, and tried to make as kind as is consistent> >with the truth. Without such self-control, email can be a merciless> >medium, because you don't see the faces of people reacting to what you> >say. That anonymity can give rise to mayhem if we don't work very hard> >at replacing the mean phrase with the neutral phrase. I have come to see> >email as a spiritual discipline, when used to edit my own conversation,> >to make it kinder, fairer and more accurate. Those same skills, onced> >honed, carry over to face-to-face conversations, so I get blessed twice.> >[I come across as longwinded, or pious, or teacherish-- but that is> >better than coming across as mean!] Si dulcera y bondadosa es tu manera> >de ser, cambiar el mundo es tu deber.> >> >2. You cannot control what others do. Most meanness is not worth> >responding to, because the person either genuinely cannot see that he was> >mean, or meant to be mean, so, what can you say to change that?> >> >3. The majority of readers will read carefully, and will see who is> >being mean, and who is being kind, and where the truth lies between them.> > Trust them. They may not bother to post a defense, because they have> >seen how futile it is, but they are on the side of kindness and truth!> >> >4. You must speak up for your truth. If someone else has already said> >it, leave it be, but if no one has, then we need your perspective. That> >is not negotiable. It may take courage, but you have courage, or you> >would not be here. Make it kind, if you can, but speak it. No hay otro> >que tiene la verdad que tienes, y nadie, pero tu, puede decirla.> >> >Con respeta,> >claudia ellquist, AzGP> >> >> >> >> >> > _________________________________________________________________> Play Flexicon: the crossword game that feeds your brain. PLAY now for FREE.  > http://zone.msn.com/en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=flexicon_hmtagline> > _______________________________________________> statecom-discuss mailing list> statecom-discuss at green-rainbow.org> http://www.green-rainbow.org/mailman/listinfo/statecom-discuss
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