The text of the Holtzblatt Proposal, the message that
started something good:
Friends-
I woke up today and thought that we have the power to spread a powerful
word and stimulate positive action by using our own networks and our
technology. I have selected you for this mailing because I know that you
all have powerful networks. I am sending this to everyone on our mailing
list and to every community list I know. I am asking you to read my letter
below and support me in using our technology to make a wave of affirmation
throughout the world. Lets see what the power of the global community
really is.
Thank
you and in love,
Karen
Holtzblatt,
President
InContext Enterprises
2351 Main Street, Suite 302
Concord, MA 01742
Phone: 978-823-0100
Fax: 978-823-0101
www.incent.com
karen@incent.com
Friends,
What
is the everyday person's response to the attack on our country and way of
life? Fear? Anger? A sense of hopelessness? A sense of powerlessness and
the inability to act.
But
this country that is committed to individual freedom, to the possibility
of prosperity and safety for all, whether we do it well or badly, was
founded and built by the actions of everyday people. This is not a time to
pull in and wait for "them" to do something. This is not a time
to see how "the economy" that faceless entity that is effected
by "consumer confidence" will respond. We are "them."
We are in and run the businesses; we invest; we buy. We can by our actions
make a statement about our way of life. And if we all do it together, we
can move ourselves forward in a time of despair.
This
is my commitment:
*
When the stock exchange opens I will buy stock, I will buy in a company I
believe in;
* I will commit people and money to an advanced development project that
will create a product or service that will improve people's lives;
* I will watch my spending but I will not cut back on silly things so that
my employees can't do their jobs;
* I will encourage my company and my clients to put down petty resentments
and disagreements and cooperate to improve what we make and how we work;
and I will transcend my own differences with others;
* I will invest in a charity that helps people less fortunate get a
livelihood;
* And I will go buy something fun that I have wanted, to affirm my safety,
security and joy in living.
We
can be angry that "our country" "our systems" did not
know about these terrorists before it all happened. But we didn't know, in
part, because we live in a country that does not operate in fear; that
does not track the
individual actions of individual people. I do not want to lose that. And I
do not want to lose the hope and joy of everyday life.
Join
me in my commitment. We are sitting on top of the largest community of
humanity in the world. We all are connected by email. We belong to
organizations and companies. We have access to others with their own
networks. Send this mail and attach your signature or write one of your
own. Post it on your web sites. Put out a press release. Let us show by
our actions and our voice that the power is truly with the people.
Karen
Holtzblatt,
President
InContext Enterprises
2351 Main Street, Suite 302
Concord, MA 01742
Phone: 978-823-0100
Fax: 978-823-0101
www.incent.com
karen@incent.com
 |
