And 3 things we can change to find a way out…
Somewhere along the way, we lost the plot. The plot of what if means to be in our glory. And now we’re in that time of great unease that accompanies system collapse on multiple fronts.
How do we take our glory back? When I envision what that might look like, I picture warriors, shields up, heads down, slamming front feet into the ground, bracing back legs, and pushing forward one inch at a time.
Only the shield, this time, must be one of tenderness.
It’s fascinating that when we look at communities where people are the most long-lived, there is rarely a magic potion hailed as the fountain of youth. What is consistently present in the wonderfully aged are things like close community, connections to nature, connections to Creation.
Fascinating that what helps give us long lives is what gives life to the world too.
Our human journey into self-interest has been a dramatic flop. Our future, as a species, now lies in legacies of love, of wonder, of hope.
Of apology.
Read the full article here:
https://medium.com/everyday-rebellion/how-did-we-get-into-this-mess-8482c93579b7?sk=e6fb404edd04120aed1975e54175a494