The Heart of Change: How to bring about a change of heart
We each talked about what had motivated us to get involved:
Building community
Finding one’s true self & creativity
Seeing the vibrancy of lives in developing (financially poor) communities around the world
Spirituality
Wanting to feel connected, reduce isolation, breach the separateness of our current society – work together
Promoting a world vision – gratitude
Personal responsibility
Not seeing the earth as ours, but that we are part of it
Wanting inner happiness/security – not the “rat race”
We discussed some ideas:
The individual is key – each person has their own motivation
We want to help people to change, help people to feel connected, Help people find inner happiness/security
We need to be family-friendly – integrated – include young people with their parents/families
Approach young people through schools
Doing (transition) things because you want to, not just because you know you need to and making it part of your normal habits/routines – nothing special.
Task vs Relationship – too much task is not sustainable – groups need to be careful of too much “doing” – might lead to the work becoming about individual events – may need to challenge ourselves to relate to each other & other people more. Equally, too much relating/meetings and not enough just doing it isn’t sustainable either.
We may need to learn/get training in how groups work and how they can grow, how to build & facilitate healthy sustainable groups.
Moving from despair to empowerment – a book was recommended: “The Work that Reconnects” by Jo Macey:
http://www.joannamacy.net/html/work.html - The Work That Reconnects is a pioneering form of group work that began in the 1970s. It demonstrates our interconnectedness in the web of life and our authority to take action on its behalf. It has helped many thousands around the globe find insight, solidarity, and courage to act, despite rapidly worsening conditions. Jeannie offered to run sessions for local groups.
Hopefully plan for the demise of the group when Transition behaviour is just part of how we are…
