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Working Progress

How exactly to coalesce and converge the many facets of good and love all operating SILOlistically? That’s the age-old question. Especially when like me, you are approaching the later Chapters of life.

I love the oft repeated Margaret Mead quote, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

The challenge is how to curate information overload into demonstrable, effective connection. Connection which is emulated and impacts all on a multi-generational, diverse, inclusive basis.

It requires transparency. It requires cojones. Perhaps, it may require a complete revamp of our entire political and economic system.

How will it happen? When will it happen? Who will make it happen? It is a work in progress.

So what can we all do? Find your group. Talk about solutions versus complain about problems. Be committed to your own small little slice of communication and love. Listen. Dialogue. Act upon what you learn. Connect with others who care about others.

The greatest achievements of my lifetime came from walking, talking, listening and trying to be helpful without any particular attachment to outcome, and the outcomes followed nonetheless, as if pre-destined. It’s a work in progress. Let us love.

-John Olander