ABOUT KAMRAN’s Blog and GUEST BLOG
I- KAMRAN’s Blog: Dedicated to the Common Good- aiming to be a source of hope and inspiration; enabling us all to move from despair to hope; darkness to light and competition to cooperation. “Let the beauty we love be what we do.”-Rumi
II- KAMRAN MOFID’s GUEST’s BLOG: Here on The Guest Blog you’ll find commentary, analysis, insight and at times provocation from some of the world’s influential and spiritual thought leaders as they weigh in on critical questions about the state of the world, the emerging societal issues, the dominant socio-economic logic, globalisation, money, markets, sustainability, dialogue, cooperation, environment, media, spirituality, faith, culture, the youth, the purpose of business and economic life, the crucial role of leadership, and the challenges facing economic, business, management, education, and more.
“When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are dreaming together it is the beginning of reality.”—Helder Camara
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Cultivating a Living Wisdom for Our Time
Mediaeval monks in search of wisdom and the good life.
Madrid, Biblioteca de San Lorenzo de El Escorial (14th century)/Erik Kwakkel
“How Much Is Enough? What is money and wealth for? Why do we as individuals and societies go on wanting more? What is economic growth for? Can we/ should we carry on just growing, creating, producing, consuming,…, more and more, for ever more? Do we need to satisfy our needs or our wants? Should we be a “maximiser” or “satisfier” and choose the path of “enoughness”? Then, what is the good life? What are the main ingredients of a good, happy and peaceful life? Should we move away from Gross National Product (GDP) to Gross National Happiness? Why and what are we here for? What is the purpose of this journey we call life?”...Continue to read
There is, indeed, a beauty on earth, our sacred home, that is beyond comprehension. Since Aristotle first spoke of “the good life” almost 2,500 years ago, it seems everyone has been on a quest to experience it. Can the Good Enough Life be the path of discovery and finding meaning to This Journey We Call Life?
- The Moment of Truth: Can Cop28 become a Cop for the Common Good?
- How to find inner peace and calmness in a world of Chaos, fear, self-doubt and Anxiety?
- Coventry’s Message of Hope to the World on Remembrance Sunday
- Fear and Hope: Is Fear the Key that Unlocks the Door to Hope?
- My Poem of the month: An Ode to November- ‘A month coloured in red, orange and brown'
- US surgeon general on the epidemic of loneliness and the healing power of family and friends
- Why 400 physicians and surgeons are committing suicide in the US every year?