Communication Matters

In this synthetic world we as a society have signed onto, we find ourselves increasingly at a loss for being able to communicate a sense of worth and generally experience a nagging anxiety from the inability to feel at home in our own skin let alone where we reside and work. The Northwest Earth Institute has a series of discussion courses that have empowered scores of people to communicate their thoughts, observations and ideas about the real world we live in. If you have a notion that perhaps there is something more to life than being a sponge for abuse and misery, if you would like to discover a sense of place and become empowered enough to share ideas and actions with your neighbors and other folks that believe there is more to this life than work to pay bills on an endless treadmill, then read about the discussion courses contained herein or go to their website. It can be found at www.nwei.org. If you would like to change your outlook on life by learning to communicate your true passions for feeling alive and empowered to make great changes, then read on. Write back if you have any questions, together we can walk down the path of discovering all we are missing in this wonderful but brief life. A sustainable life is one that has found a place on the continuum of life by learning from our ancestors in a way that empowers our generation and those that come through us into the future. You will be amazed when you discover that there always have existed the answers to an abundant life swirling around us. Thru discussion you can learn what it is that you don’t know and embark upon the greatest journey of self discovery that can lead to a life of connectedness and continual self improvement!
Welcome to your new Journey, May the wind be always at your back!
Jim Bates 05-08-2008

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