THE PRINCIPLE OF ALIGNMENT

The spirit that guides OSE

I ask them to go to the very end of themselves, and they listen to me because they see, they sense that I go to the very end of myself, to the end of my quest.

The essentials in one minute

Alignment means staying true to what our deep current recognises as true and right, for our own fulfilment and our contribution to Humanity.

Man, this ocean

Every human being is like an ocean. Deep within lies a deep current. On the surface, visible to all, drift the sea spray: emotions, thoughts, decisions.

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Coherence

Connecting the sea spray to the waves. Making what we think, what we say and what we do match. An important stage in personal development.

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Alignment

Connecting the waves to the deep current. A constant search for faithfulness to what our deep current recognises as right. Alignment is not a state, it is a direction, it is a path.

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A shared requirement

This requirement concerns young people, but also families, clubs and leaders. Everyone is invited to pursue their own work of alignment.

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The alignment of organisations

Organisations have a purpose. Their alignment consists of remaining faithful to that purpose, by connecting their mission, their choices, their actions and their consequences.

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Discerning alignment

OSE offers a simple tool: the Four Questions of Alignment Criterion. It helps everyone question their choices, decisions and actions.

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Trust

It is born when people perceive a deep faithfulness between what we affirm and what we truly seek to live.

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Becoming more fully oneself

OSE does not seek to manufacture role models. OSE seeks to help everyone become more fully themselves, by discovering what they are called to be and by striving to remain true to it.

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Sailing boat on the ocean, a metaphor for OSE's principle of alignment between sea spray, waves and deep current

The ocean model

The path of alignment

Sea spray

Visible to all: words, decisions, actions, behaviours and consequences.

Waves

On the surface: thoughts, emotions, desires, plans, intentions.

Deep current

Deep within us: our quest, our purpose, what our life is moving towards.

The tides

The different environments in which we live

  • Family
  • School
  • Club
  • Profession
  • Society
  • Humanity

Alignment

Connecting the sea spray to the waves and the waves to the deep current, while taking into account the tides that influence our course.

Document profile

Type

Founding principle

Theme

Personal and collective coherence

Reading time

7–8 min

Related links

OSE Values · Adventure Pact · OSE Charter

Key points

Coherence

Connecting what I think, what I say and what I do.

Alignment

Connecting my life to what is most essential within me.

Faithfulness

A direction rather than a state.

Alignment is not a state. It is a direction. It is a path.

The vitality of an organisation depends less on its size, its age or its resources than on its ability to remain true to its soul. Like any human adventure, OSE must regularly return to its deep current to check that its projects, decisions and actions remain in service of its founding vocation.

Our mission

Forming ambassadors of Olympism.

Our purpose

Helping young people succeed in life.

Our vision

Meeting others to better discover oneself, and to build a more humane world.