FIC và đổi thay

FIC bước sang một trang mới - trang của những hành động lớn của những con người trưởng thành - dẫu khác nhưng cái tình luôn chảy mãi.

Bao lần tự hỏi cái định vị của FIC - ngẫm lại thấy FIC nằm ở cái chất bình dị và sự chân thật của những người bạn - không biết FIC sẽ đi về đâu - chỉ tin và biết rằng nơi đó, ta có những người bạn - có thể khát khao sự thay đổi và ở đó cái tình vẫn trong vẫn sáng.

và cũng đến lúc tún ngẫm lại cái đổi thay của bản thân ...

cảm ơn những người bạn :)

tản mạn về sự cô đơn

có người nói ta thờ ơ. Mà chắc là ta thờ ơ thiệt.

Ta đi loanh quanh để tìm cái hạnh phúc cũng như người loanh quanh kiếm tìm "cái niết bàn" của cuộc đời.

Để rồi cuối ngày ta nhìn lại, tình yêu chẳng thể kiếm nơi đâu ngoài sự vỗ về nơi chính ta. sự thật của cái cô đơn nằm trong nụ cười khẩy của chính mình. Cô đơn thật đáng sợ. Nó đánh mất đi cảm giác ta đang hiện diện trên cõi đời. ta cảm giác ta đang chết. nhưng rồi, ai sẽ cứu vớt sự cô đơn ấy. ta giãy dụa trên dòng nước siết, ta cảm giác ta đang chết mòn, nhưng rồi ai sẽ cứu ta.

mọi thứ đều hư vô và ta cũng thế - chẳng mong đợi chẳng khát khao - chỉ biết sau cái rơi tõm xuống đáy, ta ngỏm dậy và tiếp tục thở trong chính hơi thở của mình.

(ảnh: Lonely Pierot)

tản mạn về cuộc sống

cuộc sống thật phức tạp. Có chạy đến đằng trời, ta cũng không thoát khỏi sự phức tạp đó.

Thôi đành, ta ôm nó như một tính cố hữu của cuộc sống để sống và tiếp tục sống.

Suy cho cùng, ta biết ta vẫn còn sống. Vì thế, ta sống cho trọn kiếp nhân sinh.

đơn giản và thật

đọc blog của em thấy thật hay - đơn giản và thật!

thật trong cảm xúc và đơn giản trong cách lượm lặt cuộc sống

chỉ như thế thôi - tún quyết định quay lại thế giới của blog

chỉ để ghi lại những cảm giác thật trong lượm lặt thường ngày

cảm ơn em ...

Learning from the Central Part

Dear All,

The warmest greetings to every one on the New Year of the Ox.

My Lunar New Year has been celebrated by the journey along the paths from Quang Nam to Quang Binh province in the central part. It was long enough to sense a little taste of this area under different perspectives.

Sometimes I had felt a bit interested by the distinction of the culture, environment and people in the area; and of course always feeling warm by the friends' hospitalities along the roads.

The central part of Vietnam has treasured a natural beauty with its greenery of forests, mountains, caves, oceans, and of course deep tastes in its cultures and foods. On the other side, I've been struck by its different levels of economic growth and the hardship of people.

The delta is smaller than the northern and southern parts due to the majority of highlands. People hardly earn much from agriculture growing and planting except leaning on the nature. The more developing parts seem to benefit from their land, and natural resources. This is the story of resource allocation that contributes to one part’s growth but not for the others’ (Success to the Successful - StS). Noticing the more growing areas such as Da Nang, Hue, Quang Binh, and Hoi An are having more houses and transportation infrastructure. It is said at the first place, early centuries ago; the overseas traders arrived and did their own businesses here. Mostly, we don’t see these people (as well as external elements such as TV, etc.) playing the roles of creating the StS structure.

The story is the same for either Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi as well as the other developed cities nowadays. These stories observe the structure of “Success to the Successful” playing around along with their “escalations”. When we are keen to pay attention to one part (more investments to HCMC over time) and ignore the other part, it does not help the other part even grow by the visionary pictures people hold from the beginning. I have heard many stories from students of their dreams for ‘developing the hometowns’. At the end, it seems more pull-outs.

Under the eyes of systems thinking, I am a bit stuck to see different systemic archetypes at play around at the same time. One tip that my friend has given is to look around for different patterns over time.

It has been quite blessing and delighting for the trip as I could travel also to different fantastic places. Three of them are World Heritages (Hoi An Ancient Town, Hue Imperial city & Phong Nha National Park). Of course, we did enjoy food, festivities with the local families.

What could you see this differently?

Wishing every one the New Year of the Ox of Persistence, Good Health and Spirit!

Regards,

Tuan Anh

A Little Sense of Impermanence

The central-part trip is for me the journey of beauty, joy and discovery. I had been visiting different beautiful places by its nature and sensing different airs and cultures. That’s something I would love to hold back.

While crossing the fantastic nature of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, by its wonderful millions-aged stalactites, at the moment I just sensed that the beauty was just right there and gone as the way the time works.

I have found these lovely words from the Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh that I would like to share with every one here:

"If you suffer, it is not because things are impermanent. It is because you believe things are permanent. When a flower dies, you don't suffer much, because you understand that flowers are impermanent. But you cannot accept the impermanence of your beloved one, and you suffer deeply when she passes away.

If you look deeply into impermanence, you will do your best to make her happy right now. Aware of impermanence, you become positive, loving and wise. Impermanence is good news. Without impermanence, nothing would be possible. With impermanence, every door is open for change. Impermanence is an instrument for our liberation" - Thích Nhất Hạnh

Upcoming Events

Action for Life - Vietnam Outreach Program

09 Feb. - 01 March, 2009

Action for Life (AfL) is a seven-month leadership development program. The course uses a combination of interactive training and fieldwork to expand the capacity of each participant. Distinctively, participants and staff come from different generations, nations, and faiths to form a diverse learning and working community that represents an increasingly globalised world.

The Vietnam Outreach takes place between 09 Feb. and 01 March, 2009. It is to interact, learn and support the local Vietnamese team in terms of team building, personal engagement and culture.

Presencing Global Classroom

19 February - 19 March, 2009

An online program that introduces the core ideas and practices of Presencing in five life online sessions facilitated by Dr. Otto Scharmer. Participants will also work in small groups via skype or conference calling.

Tools for Change - "Responding Effectively to Global Changes"

26 Feb. - 01 March, 2009

Malaysia

Tools for Change develops practical skills and inner resources to help individuals become more effective change initiators – in corporate and business life, education, non-profit organisations, families and communities. Within the context of a very engaging ‘learning community’, the conference moves from theory to action – individuals form bonds of friendship and networks of transformation.

T4C will explore personal change and its links to change in businesses, education, civil service, non-profits, families and communities.

Happy New Year!

Dear everyone,

My first wishes of "Dreams High, Promises New, Joys Afresh and Learnings Great" comes to everyone on the New Year of 2009!

The end of 2008 has observed some of the good news. One of them is the Vietnamese Football Team's AFF Cup Championship after approximately 5 decades. The vision seems emerging out of our preceding hardship, dreams; and especially the willing of change over the time.

I saw people rolling excitingly and jofully down on the roads to cheer up for the celebration. The synergy of a shared vision has been exploded. That is how the shared vision works to inspire and motivate the inner insights of growth and creativity. The event of our winning is a part of the whole country vision. I would be very curious about the larger vision of Vietnam for the next coming years. Sooner or later, it will emerge - noticing for many years, since the war ended, we have been paying a great attention to "wealth" by the economic growth and development policies. On the other hands, it stays the hidden escalation systemic structure unless we give rooms for different individuals' goals exposed - the event of winning is such the space.

Now our New Year of 2009 has come, it is the time we regenerated new wishes and dreams with the New Year Resolutions. It is where our personal vision (Personal Mastery works) comes out.

It has taken me a while to appreciate the ways things work by themselves. There was a time when I turned my back against the corperate world as assuming "it's not for me - for my dynamics". And it is interesting to see how much I could be able to learn from it since I have started my work at LogiGear - a software testing outsourcing company. This means quite a lot. Sometimes we may not be very aware of what is meant to us due to the attachment to the "different vision" until we can learn to open hearts and accept things to come in. At the end, there are the reasons for things to happen in such the ways.

My first new year day is celebrated by the other good news from the program of Institute of Potential Leaders. I have passed its third round (out of five) after the competence test. There are still two rounds to go with the interview parts before the course kicks off. I would appreciate all of your prayers.

On the season of New Year which blossoms the work of Personal Mastery, I have found a nice quote by Peter Senge "We often spend so much time coping with problems along our path that we only have a dim or even inaccurate view of what's really important to us."

Happy New Year to All!

Kind Regards,

Links:

• Learning Organization Practitioners' Network [LOPN]
• LOPN Vietnam
• Initiatives of Change

Being Awake

A Small Reflection on Mental Model

Recently my friend and I spent a few moments meditating on the beach at night. I felt stressful at that time and he suggested we could spend some times together to sense and feel the nature.

Sitting by the sea, I was intimiated by different high waves at night. They were like the monsters who could swallowed me up to the darkeness. And I was scared. The waves rumbled and so did my heart.

My friend was bringing me to the meditative moments. I could feel the wind, wave and the air and realized that how lovely they were. And slowly I came to realize that "the intimidating waves are there a part of nature and they works by their own nature even though we might try to work hard to change their motions. The key stays deeply in my mind/ thoughts. As I had sensed fears about it, then it would be come fearful. Instead, I could accept as a part of the nature.

This has really opened up something. Many times, we've blocked ourselves with fears that stops us from seeing things by its reality. Instead, from the moments, I could learn to observe things and free myself from the fears! And probably because of this attachment, one has worked hard to change the things. In the other hands, the mental frame may cause different cause-effect lines by itself either virtually/ viciously.

As my friend said, the wave did not eat me up without my "imagination".

This is something about the work of mental model that I would like to share with you.

Thanks to my friend for the meditative moments!!!