I'm realizing that my life is quite short
Really short
I'm here to let some gift flow through me
one drop in the ocean
gifts I've been bringing: experimentation, reaching out and towards the other, creative risk-taking, embodiment and embodied knowing, thinking of future generations, collectivism.
not knowing. trying. caring about friends. caring about those I don't know. playing.
self-inquiry. wondering about power and my role in sharing power. getting educated by others. doing more experiments.
gathering people to do all of the above.
writing and sharing my thoughts.
so if I were to choose how I want to be in community, it feels like knowing who I live by, creating relationships, helping folks dig deep in themselves and understand themselves, developing systems for understanding one another and sharing power.
also - helping people do the amazing community work they already do.
the small community also connects across space - we all know the small community, whether that is a family, or a school, or a workplace, or a town. it's hard. it's hard heart work.
and then there is the national and international narrative. how do we bring together. how do we do conflict well. what is just transition.
THEATER for development contacts:
Ruth Yeo-Peterson
Nabra
Jehan
Tina L
John Scott
I want to be a part of building community
Community to me means people who stick together. (caveat: we don't have to be in direct relationship with those who harm us)
who know that our fate depends on each other
I want to help people look at one another
Reach out to each other
Value the different gifts each person has
Share the care that all of us need
Support difference, and support greatness
which means supporting folks through conflict
I want to help people (and myself) connect with inner knowing
with their emotions and needs
with their own vision, their own passion, no matter how unbearable
I want folks to be able to advocate for themselves, and for others
