Inspired by Whidbey Bioneers: Thriving Attitude

Major kudos to the Whidbey Institute for hosting such an inspiring weekend!

An idea: What if we could reconvene at the Institute perhaps on a quarterly basis to continue our conversations around sustainability solutions and build upon this fantastic energy? That would be super cool.

An observation: Lynne Twist, in her plenary speech, noted that the tide is turning, but that it needs to turn faster if we are to make it. We have the solutions. So many of us are awake. But something seems to be holding us back... My deep listening tells me that the reason the Movement is not moving faster is that most of us continue to operate from a fear-based perspective that makes us wary of one another. Without trust, we do not take the "risk" of joining hearts. When we think that we are competing for scarce resources, we do not take the "risk" of sharing. But if we do not share this planet, then we ARE lost.

A plan: A number of beautiful hearts - and minds - have recently joined with me to start Thrive Commons. Thrive Commons is developing ways of helping people to shift from fear-based living to a "thriving attitude." There is a great deal that could be said about thriving attitude, but suffice it to say for the moment that a thriving attitude a) answers the question of why it is that we want to survive in the first place (to live harmoniously and in true natural abundance) and b) makes it much easier for us to come together to do the collective work of large-scale transformation.

A challenge: So now I'm inspired to issue a friendly, loving challenge to the sustainability movement:

Can we shift the Movement from a fear-based perspective to a Love-based, thriving attitude that will accelerate the collective transformation in service of Life on Earth? Can we undertake the personal and collective work of transmuting our own limiting perspectives and belief systems?