What’s Happening?

Change is happening. Always does. Sometimes it is fast; sometimes slow. But change is always present.


Yes, change is uncomfortable for most people. Especially for those who are not prepared for it. It can sneak up on us at times and we say, ‘Wha…?”


Consider the opposite: nothing changes. Just the same old, same old. What then is our reaction?

Mainly boredom results. And eventual suffocation. Death.


Change is life-giving. Stagnation is life-taking.


So, if you want your company to be more lively, find the change that will make it so.  If your family is stuck in a rut, find a way out of that rut and discover new dimensions of life.


The same is true of political parties, churches, cars, industries, and food.


The old stuff is familiar and known. It is therefore comfortable. But, beware; no change is unhealthy and we must find the new to create the future.


Our industries are changing. Example: electric vehicles are being manufactured more and more. They are getting better and better, go farther on a battery charge, and are coming down in cost. This is so true that Ford Motor Company is moving in the direction of electric vehicles for their entire inventory. That will take time to happen, but it has to start somewhere. Good going Ford for breaking out of the stale, old mold!


Now, if GM or Chrysler is ready for change, I bet a vital partnership with Tesla will speed up both Tesla and the acquiring or partnering corporation. Soon our society will have a ready supply of high efficiency electric vehicles using renewable energy sources. Hopefully this will cause air pollution and CO2 pollution to drop significantly.


If churches want to demonstrate their love for everyone, they need to attract more people different from their current congregations, get to know them, and minister to everyone’s needs. The population of the USA is changing, always has been changing. Fewer white people means more ethnic diversity in our nation. Congregations ought to look like a cross section of the nation of which they are a part. Isn’t it time we looked deeply into this issue and ourselves?


The retail industry is being totally rebirthed. Customers still exist. Those customers still need all sorts of goods. How they buy them, with what currency, and how they take possession of them, is totally adjustable. Sales of goods and delivery of them is not down. Customers are buying on-line and having them shipped directly to their homes. They forego the trip to the store or mall and transaction business directly with the retailer with a computer over the internet. That is becoming the new normal.


So, retail industries will need to adapt to this new standard. Malls will disappear in the main, and how we learn about new products and services will be invented along the way. That leaves mall real estate available for other purposes. What will they become?  Who is inventing this new normal?


I think this is an exciting time. Our population is on the rise. Current citizens are having fewer children per household, but more immigrants from other nations repopulate our nation and help us grow. They also enrich our culture with theirs, and their skillsets, and their viewpoints. This is good. Different. Good.


It is only a threat for those who fear the unknown.


Time to do something about that. Opening the doors would be a great start!


August 30, 2019