Suzanne, I am honored to know you and the beautiful invitation you offered to the world. My sense is that this "contest" is evolving into something even more profound and actionable. I have some ideas to share with you once you finish your reading and selection process. In the meantime, the world is a better place for all those evolutionary pathways to be documented.
What a great idea, to share these snippets, Suzanne! Very inspiring. What I'd like to suggest is that you continue this idea by including us in your decision process. Perhaps let us read your top 10 and vote on them... tiered voting, where we get 3 votes with differing weights: our 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Then the calculation comes... and the winner and runners up will be announced...! Then, let us step, together, into those visions!
Sharing good seeds is core. Maybe have the 'top' ideas somewhere more permanent than a one time post.. on you website, with a hyperlink in your Substack Now What?
Your comment about starting to cry touched me. I feel like that daily with the constantly depressing news, ignorance and self-serving, broken politics. But ever hopeful and beleagueredly optimistic, I commend your having created this opportunity for awakening of minds and hearts to join in the ripple effect I mentioned. This is a very good thing you are doing. It is vitally important in bringing even a measure of balance into the insanity of these times.
Thank you for sharing all the beautiful comments! I loved reading those and felt a strong sense of community. Suzanne I'd be happy to help host a Village gathering for all the contestants so we can meet each other and build some community around this :-)
First Suzanne, let me thank you for the kind comment you make below, crediting me for many of the essay submissions. Really it is you that fired the first shot of inspiration. Being able to assist is reward enough, and I am more than happy to continue building this community with you.
I have read these 25 comments once. Now I will read and respond to each. Looking forward to your announcement. Peace, Maurice
Suzanne, what I love about what you're doing is gathering ideas that can maybe save us in one place. I hope we can view all of the submissions so we can be inspired by what people are envisioning and how to get there.
As I took a walk, a break from making final edits to my essay, I asked for help from a young person who will inherit this world. A spiritually-minded young man I adore happened to approach me. I said, “Jonah, you’re the answer to my prayer! May I share a ‘save the world’ idea with you?” He listened to my Circle of Eight concept, said he wanted IN! and offered wise council. Then I listened to his current life challenges. Next day he texted me, on fire 🔥with ideas for starting his own Circle of Eight, to practice creative compassion games. Who knows how far this hope you’ve inspired will ripple out? Thank you 🙏🏽 Suzanne.
Suzanne, I am honored to know you and the beautiful invitation you offered to the world. My sense is that this "contest" is evolving into something even more profound and actionable. I have some ideas to share with you once you finish your reading and selection process. In the meantime, the world is a better place for all those evolutionary pathways to be documented.
What a great idea, to share these snippets, Suzanne! Very inspiring. What I'd like to suggest is that you continue this idea by including us in your decision process. Perhaps let us read your top 10 and vote on them... tiered voting, where we get 3 votes with differing weights: our 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Then the calculation comes... and the winner and runners up will be announced...! Then, let us step, together, into those visions!
Sharing good seeds is core. Maybe have the 'top' ideas somewhere more permanent than a one time post.. on you website, with a hyperlink in your Substack Now What?
Your comment about starting to cry touched me. I feel like that daily with the constantly depressing news, ignorance and self-serving, broken politics. But ever hopeful and beleagueredly optimistic, I commend your having created this opportunity for awakening of minds and hearts to join in the ripple effect I mentioned. This is a very good thing you are doing. It is vitally important in bringing even a measure of balance into the insanity of these times.
Thank you for sharing all the beautiful comments! I loved reading those and felt a strong sense of community. Suzanne I'd be happy to help host a Village gathering for all the contestants so we can meet each other and build some community around this :-)
Wow - the snippets are so moving. You're very understandably on Cloud 9!
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This is a brilliant idea ❤️ Can’t wait to read the winners essays.
First Suzanne, let me thank you for the kind comment you make below, crediting me for many of the essay submissions. Really it is you that fired the first shot of inspiration. Being able to assist is reward enough, and I am more than happy to continue building this community with you.
I have read these 25 comments once. Now I will read and respond to each. Looking forward to your announcement. Peace, Maurice
Suzanne, what I love about what you're doing is gathering ideas that can maybe save us in one place. I hope we can view all of the submissions so we can be inspired by what people are envisioning and how to get there.
As I took a walk, a break from making final edits to my essay, I asked for help from a young person who will inherit this world. A spiritually-minded young man I adore happened to approach me. I said, “Jonah, you’re the answer to my prayer! May I share a ‘save the world’ idea with you?” He listened to my Circle of Eight concept, said he wanted IN! and offered wise council. Then I listened to his current life challenges. Next day he texted me, on fire 🔥with ideas for starting his own Circle of Eight, to practice creative compassion games. Who knows how far this hope you’ve inspired will ripple out? Thank you 🙏🏽 Suzanne.