Our story in the future requires many investments for it to unfold in reality. I’m not certain of any of this, but I think the general direction and idea of it is worth exploration.
For one thing, I think we have to have faith in our personal self, that we are worthy of survival and working with others to make good things happen. Just by living this value I learn about myself and the self of others. A lot of work in just that one concept. I think our work toward a fruitful dream, however, starts there.
Then, we move on to having faith in others, so we can work collaboratively with them. Not cooperatively, but much more: collaboratively. This is a partnership that understands we have shared values and hoped-for-outcomes. We focus together on the project we are working on, then produce the results that we can build on for future goals.
The third investment is time. Time to think, plan, research, discuss, and decide in concert with others how to proceed. Time keeps us focused on today and what we can do with that for tomorrow. Remain connected with the past but live in today for results that we want for our future. One day at a time we build our fustory, the history that will be for the following generations of our people. Time is needed. It keeps us focused. And realistic.
The fourth investment is openness to being wrong. None of us know all things. We must build trust in facts and process the facts to grow new facts. We cannot control everything; only a little – our own time, energy and thinking. We will think wrong things and do wrong things. We must be open to that reality, so we can repair the results of the wrongs and get on track with what is right.
The fifth investment is gratefulness for the efforts of others. We learn something from everybody. We will not agree with everyone or everything they have to offer. But we still need to be grateful that they are willing to work with us collaboratively.
That’s it for now. The building blocks of fustory. If it is to have value, we must make the necessary investments to make it happen. Discipline is needed. Energy, too. But most of all is faith in ourselves and others. That will count for much as we labor on toward a future worth our effort.
March 22, 2019
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