Cultivating Compassion
The natural starting point for changing our world for the better is us.
Not only must we reinvent our world, but also the process by which we achieve this reinvention. According to systems theory, when the current solutions prove inadequate for the magnitude of change required, a system goes into stress and begins to breakdown. What is required to help the system evolve is a second order change solution—or solution capable of transforming and reorganizing it at a higher level of performance and social value. Empowerment Institute’s Social Change 2.0 framework and methodology represents such a solution for our social systems.
The United Nations issues a call for action, inviting us to become global stakeholders with these Sustainable Development Goals.
The natural starting point for bringing about a better world after COVID-19 begins with us.
Unity
Moving into Covid 20, we will need to understand the psycho-social impact the pandemic continues to have. As we adjust to the new normals, we can build hope and create stories of liberation and reconciliation through meaningful conversations. Unity will be achieved when we see the common humanity in each of us and establish a universal language of compassion. Values such as resiliency, forgiveness, and gratitude will be demonstrated and accepted. Organizations across the globe have begun to build partnerships for self, community, and others; this effort will grow, and it will need all of the goodness and strength we all can muster. As we begin to create positive moments in our own circles, the ripples will echo out and join others until we have covered the earth with a growing web of humanity and kindness. Together we can rethink and overcome.
Moving into Covid 20, we will need to understand the psycho-social impact the pandemic continues to have. As we adjust to the new normals, we can build hope and create stories of liberation and reconciliation through meaningful conversations. Unity will be achieved when we see the common humanity in each of us and establish a universal language of compassion. Values such as resiliency, forgiveness, and gratitude will be demonstrated and accepted. Organizations across the globe have begun to build partnerships for self, community, and others; this effort will grow, and it will need all of the goodness and strength we all can muster. As we begin to create positive moments in our own circles, the ripples will echo out and join others until we have covered the earth with a growing web of humanity and kindness. Together we can rethink and overcome.
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