Building on Faith (Doyle)

1. Text 1: "There's a willingness to pursue promising but risky ideas without paralysis due to failure."

Response 1: This quote reminded me a lot of Fair Trade. Fair Trade is a huge risk when practiced, and there is never a guarantee of return due to the ever-changing conditions and difficulty of communication between ourselves and other countries. No "businessman" in today's industry would ever invest a large amount of money in Fair Trade due to these risks of failure. This is what I believe separates Fair Trade from contemporary business strategies. Even if we do fail, we have placed ourselves in a difficult situation for a right and just cause. That is the maxim that Fair Trade must fall back onto and must continue to motivate us through any struggles we will inevitably find along the way.

Text 2: Out of all of our assets, our most important one in our knapsack is our hunger for connection, meaning, and purpose.

Response 2: Well, this is pretty radical. Goes against everything I've been learning in Gabelli for the past 3 years. I've learned about assets, liabilities, debits, credits - but never an intangible hunger for connection, meaning, and purpose. It's interesting how this is so important, yet we seem to miss it on many occasions. I guess it's that feeling you get when you've had a bad day and you need to be around others to lift your spirits. People need other people. That is the true "bottom line" that we should be focusing on. The world would be a much different, and better place if we recognized that more often.

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• The Wound & the Blessing/The Economy of Communion Project Post
• The Crest- Jewel of Wisdom & Work as a Spiritual Practice Post
• "What Money Can't Buy" Blog Post
• Blog Post Ni: FTRN Booklet & Arithmetic of Passion
• Work as a Spiritual Practice (The Transformation of Work)