Most commencement speeches provide answers of sorts—pieces of wisdom you can carry with you, life strategies you can use down the road. James Ryan, dean of Harvard’s School of Education, offers not answers but questions, the five essential questions to ask as you move through life:
1. Wait, what?
2. I wonder, why/if?
3. Couldn’t we at least?
4. How can I help?
5. What really matters?
After watching Ryan’s speech, the chapter co-leaders will lead a wisdom circle focused on how attendees reacted to the questions and the insights they have from their own experiences and viewpoints.
About Holistic Moms Network
The mission of Holistic Moms Network, a nonprofit support and discussion network, is to connect parents who are interested in holistic health and green living. It welcomes people wherever they are on their own holistic path in an environment that does not judge. The New Haven County chapter follows the Holistic Moms Network’s drive to encourage parents to use their innate sense of what is best for their children and the Earth while learning more about healthcare and parenting options. Living healthy and living green is not an endpoint, but an ongoing journey.
Our meetings, open to the public, are the third Tuesday of each month at the Woodruff Family YMCA, 631 Orange Ave, Milford, CT. Children are welcome. RSVP to Tori Lawlor at tdavisca@aol.com. Visit www.holisticmoms.org or https://www.facebook.com/HMNNewHaven for more information.