1) i noticed the potential of not only tapping into material resources we already have, but people resources... ones in unlikely places. i noticed that homeless people are very likely squandered geniuses..
2) i noticed how incredible speculating can be.. as i witnessed lucas and james having an amazing conversation.
3) i noticed that being social is at the heart of young people today...
1) i imagine... if we can reawaken homeless people, both literal and figurative (ie: some students are out of place - homeless - in a classroom, some adults are displaced at work, or emotionally, or relationally, etc) - we will be blown away by the resources we have... the potential we have.. and how the very act.. (not even the product of getting more done) ... will create/rebuild/enable people to not only satisfy their physical hunger.. but to feed their souls as well. i imagine a huge growth in wellness/health as this movement unfolds.
2) i imagine this is how school of the future will look. much like your favorite casual debates/convos at the uni - sitting in a coffee shop and speculating/drinking up life
3) i believe that is ed and youth will be the vehicle to the social change we crave.. and with Kosta's and others efforts to connect more people... it won't be long till we're living that civic value
i'm reading hagel and seely's pull - which is currently a daily strength and enlightenment. i swear each book i read i feel will be the last best.. because it resonates so much and helps me find my voice more. this one is no different. my daily internal struggles seem to be answered within hours as i continue reading.
i'm visiting with the mayor, homeless street people, and other community members face to face.. that i would never have imagined even talking to before. i'm listening to global voices right in my own town.
i'm continuing to talk to people in australia, argentina, germany, africa and greece to name a few - which is only amplifying the small voice inside me that keeps screaming fractal.. we are all the same. and we all want good.
i'm learning a lot about what keeps us from connecting. what i'm seeing/learning - is that most often it is that split second that we stall... out of fear or ego or whatever... and in that moment.. the serendipitous connection carries on without us
1) i'm noticing more daily and that has completely changed my perspective on life. no more boring meetings.. because now it's an adventure - a challenge.. what will i learn.. what can i notice. i video people non-stop and usually watch the video at least once again. that has resembled what dan coyle calls deep practice.. it's like i'm seeing life in slow mo... if i missed it - i can now rewind it. i'm wondering why i've never done this before..it's such an organic process..
2) i'm dreaming more boldly. i'd say that is coming a lot from all the reading i'm doing.. in books... online.. i'm immersing myself in things that work.. people that believe. but it also is solidified.. like in deep deep cement.. with each encounter i have with someone who has had something taken from them... with people who's gifts are so buried... that there's not even a sign of life in them
3) i'm connecting to unlikely people, and i'm connecting unlikely things in unlikely places... which i think is fairly new for me. i've always wanted to travel..and now i am - outside of my bubble. i think the biggest reason for that is the growth mindset (dweck) i practice and feed on every day. i seek out voices i used to avoid. it's not all easy.. some days i can't breathe.. but when i'm reminded of those with life sucked out of them.. i refocus in an instant. it's like my energy is now a precious gem.. and i've got to keep it sharp and focused. i think about all this - all the time. i have so many voices in my head now... and i listen to them charge me.. strengthen me.
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