End of Year Thoughts and New Year Beginnings
No, it is not quite over yet but the New Year is starting anyway. I say this because this was my own wakeup year…the point at which I see the world from a perspective of vulnerability, from the perspective of impending transformation, from the perspective of new urgency. Sustainability…a word I have used often in the last two months…is relevant to my persona as well as my world, to my practice as well as my intention, and to my relationships as well as my efforts. What is going on today that did not seem feasible last year? What is going on not happening right now that was a critical issue last year? What hurt and woundedness were inflamed and are still inflamed, but have succumbed to other priorities of the moment?
It is beyond my comprehension to witness the devastation in New Orleans, the fires in California, the flooding and earthquakes and cyclones in Asia… and none of these are “over.” And, some would say “that is last year’s news.” I say, it is this year’s suffering…and this year’s opportunity for healing.
THis year starts with new opportunities to rethink old ways of last year’s world that can be transformed into new futures. WHile we all listen intently to the presidential candidates, my plan is to listen very carefully not only to what they are saying, but to whom they are saying it. Healthcare remains the Rubic’s cube of economic, human, clinical, and social challenges. It is solvable as it is if one wants a Rubic’s cube. However, another model might provide more balanced solutions that having to have ultimate equality and segegration of the parts made so obvious by the perfect Rubic’s model of one color per side.
Maybe we need the Rubic’s Rainbow…a whole that is multicolored where neither front nor back, top nor bottom, can be completed without all issues being dealt with. A thought. Rubic’s Rainbow.
January 21st, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Susan,
Nice job on the blog this month. Where is the uplifting section though?