That third-generation Islam on these shores is now wiser, franker, sexier, more open, engaged and engaging – Mani, Barra, Mehreen and others were all of these – than we had much right to expect with our filthy history: that was a surprise, and the one I'd like to take away from this.
By paying attention, we let ourselves be touched by life, and our hearts naturally become more open and engaged.
If Big Food wants to overcome that skepticism and prove that it is indeed worthy of trust, it will have to be more open, more engaged and more transparent.
"In contrast, Kim Jong-un has already shown a pattern of being more open and engaging.
He's more open to engaging with traditional party politics, too.
Findings from an International Institute for Population Sciences study in 2009 showed that youths both in urban and rural areas have become more open to engaging in sexual relations before marriage.
Although people are becoming more open about engaging in psychotherapy, there's still a lot of stigma around mental illness.
For instance, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) of Philadelphia sold 250,000 3-day passes to the international deal website Groupon for $1.8 million, with the aim of encouraging more people to try its PT services and become more open to engaging in future modal shift [27].
Additionally, he joined Lawrence Lessig's Open Debates Coalition to urge both presidential campaigns to make the 2008 debates more open and engaging.
I didn't always agree with the choices the parents in my film made, but I respect their convictions, and as a result I have become more open to engaging my own children in different forms of social activism.
A shift from our top down, narrowly focused and target-based culture to one that is more open, listening and engaging, and with clinical outcomes, safety and compassionate care as genuine priorities.
