the simplicity of the change is getting in the way.
call it over indulgence of cognition, call it cognitive surplus, call it ego..
descartes talked about it...
that things that were most important, got overlooked, passed by, because it was so hard for the highly academic to admit to simplicity. they knew that other academics would question the simplicity. he said it was the academics that would keep us from betterness. (totally my paraphrase... intentionally bringing in umair's betterness image)
the little prince references it...
the important things are impossible to see with the eyes.
richard saul wurman addresses it...
how we all act like we know stuff in order to not look dumb.. he calls us out... imagine what we're missing in those moments of protecting our egos.
kim scheinberg addresses it...
if you go in a room/space with an agenda... you miss the experience, you miss the person you're in the room/space with
how can we make this message of simplicity, easy on the ears... heavy on the heart...
how can we help others see that simplicity doesn't mean less, it means an equitable more...
perhaps in just holding to it. holding to the simplicity - no matter how ridiculous it may feel, or others may claim it to be.
perhaps in remembering roger martin's charge to boldly stand your ground... by simply realizing we live in a world of reliability-oriented people... ones that are used to thriving (ego-wise, not good or bad, just ego) on the academically efficient....very pyramid/linear thinking...
perhaps by simply acknowledging that.
and in that acknowledgement, you gird yourself, you maintain yourself, your energy, ....rather than spending it on fighting or folding..
so.. my dear mary ann tweets dear ira's post...
which he writes as he's wrestles with sleep..(not the point, or is it? , as we seek to wake people up - no aj?)...
perhaps this simplicity is best seen in stories of the past... because it is so unbelievable that simplicity might just be the answer we are seeking.
perhaps if we see it lived out in history, not fiction, not sci-fi, but actually....
perhaps the story of Louis Pasteur - the simplicity of the washing of hands. the giving up of ego - for the sake of lives. because we care. because we can.
imagine it not taking us 40 more years. imagine we decide simplicity is ok. imagine we see with our hearts... that scaling the individual is the simplist route we've ever taken.. and that that freedom.. could change the world.
vehicle to social change.
let's just see...
no?
via cristian next day - if we knew it'd be done....
how to open up people to the truth..
this will come after people are awakened...