Comments on: “Find meaning through service” or “Making peace with the peasants of Pakistan” http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/meaning-service-peace-pakistan/ 200 Essays and Interviews to Help You Read and Write Memoirs Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Shirley http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/meaning-service-peace-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-2966 Shirley Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:14:01 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=172#comment-2966 Isn't it fascinating that Mortenson's life of service started when he failed to achieve his goal of climbing K2? Think how many other miracles might happen if all of our failed dreams (or New Year's resolutions) turned into something more lasting and important than our original wants? Thanks for another thoughtful, well-written post. And for connecting this kind of altruism to the Fetzer Institute sponsorship of Karen Armstrong's Charter for Compassion, which I wrote about in my own blog. Happy New Year! Isn’t it fascinating that Mortenson’s life of service started when he failed to achieve his goal of climbing K2? Think how many other miracles might happen if all of our failed dreams (or New Year’s resolutions) turned into something more lasting and important than our original wants?

Thanks for another thoughtful, well-written post. And for connecting this kind of altruism to the Fetzer Institute sponsorship of Karen Armstrong’s Charter for Compassion, which I wrote about in my own blog.

Happy New Year!

]]> By: Ritergal http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/meaning-service-peace-pakistan/comment-page-1/#comment-1922 Ritergal Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:17:04 +0000 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=172#comment-1922 Thank you for reminding me of this book. I heard about it while visiting China last spring. Speaking of which -- after spending many hours wandering the streets of Beij ing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, and other cities away from our tour group and guide, I learned a lot about China and developed great respect for a nation I'd been reluctant to visit. My husband and I have been delving into Chinese history and are amazed at what we find. This nation was using chrome plating on precision-made, mass-produced spear tips three thousand years before the west discovered chrome plating, and millenia before the west developed the ability to produce such high-quality products en masse. For much of human history, China was the leader in technology and perhaps even culture. But ... they are different. Today most residents of the USA fear China. Well, that's a long story, and it seems likely that it's related to the story in Three Cups of Tea, and I'm heading for the library! Thank you for reminding me of this book. I heard about it while visiting China last spring. Speaking of which — after spending many hours wandering the streets of Beij ing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, and other cities away from our tour group and guide, I learned a lot about China and developed great respect for a nation I’d been reluctant to visit. My husband and I have been delving into Chinese history and are amazed at what we find. This nation was using chrome plating on precision-made, mass-produced spear tips three thousand years before the west discovered chrome plating, and millenia before the west developed the ability to produce such high-quality products en masse. For much of human history, China was the leader in technology and perhaps even culture. But … they are different. Today most residents of the USA fear China. Well, that’s a long story, and it seems likely that it’s related to the story in Three Cups of Tea, and I’m heading for the library!

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