Dear all Peggy wrote> In practice, all it takes is one person living a different belief -- that anyone can bring about change -- to begin the shift. Clearly change is not static. Wherever it starts, it must move to others for a shift to take place. Ultimately, that means the top gets involved. But contrary to conventional wisdom which I think shuts off enormous potential, change can come from anywhere. and Laurel wrote> I believe that all meaningful change comes from the bottom up, either through revolution or evolution. I agree with these two wise women and would add that evolution occurs unconsciously, for the good of our collective survival. It leaves clues all the time; every individual or collective disturbance is a message. I would suggest that change is natural and that, in fact, it is straining to emerge via these disturbances all the time. The issue, for me, is, 'Can we become more conscious in this process?' Anyone - top, middle, bottom - who articulates and therefore helps to catalyze this aligns with it. The issue becomes whether we are moving with or against the disturbance. Against works, for a time, but requires enormous energy and demands huge costs. The wisdom way is to move with the disturbance. What is it demanding of us? Once a critical mass is reached there is no stopping it. It is natural.
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