Re: From Savorn, Cambodia
Sheila Damodaran
Dear Savorn,
How wonderful to hear about your upcoming marriage! I am so happy for you. Be great if you could send me photos. I am currently in Africa and do not see myself leaving this place for some time.
The economic crisis is basically a correction (balancing loop) on exposing and then reducing the gap between real cost / value of things and the prices we have tended to "jack up" so that we may improve our (personal) margins / profit. Of course when we did 'jack up' our prices we stayed silent on how it would affect our personal margins did we not? (we would sometimes smile to ourselves for being smart businessman in achieving that? After all everyone is doing it, is it not?). It is interesting for me to see, how this crisis is opening up what we have always covered up or tried not to tell others (in case we worked them up too). The less we talked and swept it under the carpet, the worse it got! Faster just got us slower! This is the story for Asia.
It is really dealing with the accumulation of this behaviour that may have been happening since as far back as the 1950s. For 50 years + we have just 'taken' things for ourselves, including the environmwent and believing that 'faster is better'. The crisis, is a reminder there is a limit on how far we can take things and it is a way of 'curbing our greed'. Of course the rest of what happens across the globe is (wars, strives, strikes) is the domino effect.
So when you do start life with your loved one, would you be patient (remember slower is faster) with each other on how you grow? Share with her what is really going on for you. Let her know how much finances you have and and ask her, what does she really needs. Sometimes she does not need huge houses. Read in between the lines. She really just needs you and your time and your attention to her. She may not say that. Ask her. That would always make up for the lack of a huge house. It is a the (cheap) truth but we always miss this simple point.
The love you have there between the two of you would then grow and fill you with such happiness, and energy that you would not even notice 'what's missing' in your life and you'd be walking around feeling more peace and joy. It also allows you and your loved ones to help each other become more fuller physically, emotionally and mentally because you have the time for each other. That's what helps us to see 'the real growth" happening for us eventually.
When we grow as persons, a sign this is happening is that riches would also grow around you without even you noticing that it is happening.
Once again congratulations and please send my kindest wishes to your wife!
I thought this is wonderful question you have raised and wished to share this moment with others too.
Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
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> Dearest Sheila,
>
> Delighted to hear from you !!! but sorry for keeping quiet, quiet but is not silence just only trying to find a place to sitdown and did quiet time during many people keeping going on and move to wherever they wanted.
>
> After doing quiet time many thing also came up without any resolution or not so clear how to do with those things. The frist is about the world economic crisis, civil war, invated each other, with these reasons in Cambodia also got many problems and things to do, many factories had closed, the famers couldn't sell their production in suitable price, etc.
>
> The same time of thinking and talking about these problems, a very good and happy thing also came up infornt of me is ................ could you guess that thing ? the 1st March, 2009 is the bigest event in my life ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, that event is my wedding. I would like to invite you to join my wedding on that day ha ....... ,
>
> That all for this time,
>
> See you !!!
> Warmest regards,
> Savorn
>
> ________________________________
> From: Sheila Damodaran <dm...@pacific.net.sg>
> Sent: Friday, February 6, 2009 12:20:06 AM
> Subject: Fwd: [Solcc] SoL Thanks, Update & Ways to Maximize Your Membership
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> The SoL organizational membership is at an all time low!
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> For your information.
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> Warmly
> Sheila Damodaran
> Email: dm...@pacific.net.sg
> Singapore: +65-94790526
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> Reply-To: Cynthia Way <Cyn...@waytogoconsulting.com>
> Subject: [Solcc] SoL Thanks, Update & Ways to Maximize Your Membership
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> Hi SoL Consultants & Researchers,
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