Session # 3 Radical Gratitude   by Mary Jo Leddy
Chapter 3 - Radical Gratitude
"This book is about ordinary grace, which is here for the asking. For free. ... It is about authentic liberation in a culture ... that is chronically dissatisfied. "  p 5      "In a culture of money, that which can neither be bought nor sold is Holy. ... the goodness of beginnings is Holy. ... that which pulls us to the point of our being is Holy. ... those who are grateful are Holy."  p173

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Discussion Notes
Q1. Is Leddy right to suggest that only by experiencing gratitude, that we are liberated from craving more?
Q2. For Leddy, Radical Gratitude is first expressed in religious terms . What is the role of religion for ourselves in this?
References & Videos Related to Session 3
zen pencils - cartoon quotes from inspirational folks. Buddha - Less is More.
TED Video - Jamie Drummond - Let's Outsource the World's Goals - MDG Success 2012 - 12m10s
UN Video - What are the Millennium Development Goals? - An excellent backgrounder. - 4m30s
UN Report - Millennium Development Goals Report 2012.
Report outlines gains in poverty reduction and access to safe drinking water, and an improvement in the lives of slums dwellers in urban areas. The report also highlights important gains towards gender parity in primary education, a decline in levels of child mortality, a downward trend of tuberculosis and global malaria deaths and an expansion of treatment for HIV sufferers.
We note Leddy throws the gauntlet to a new generation of economists (p )  to work out fairer systems than now exist. There is indeed such a new generation, with a few old dissidents thrown in. In Sessions 9 and 10 "Progressive Voices" we will consider hear some such: Ha-Joon Chang, David C Korten, Paul Krugman, Hugh Sinclair, and Naomi Kline.
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