Progress in an Evolutionary Environment

(This is a slightly edited version of something I put on Facebook yesterday.)

Some thoughts from an early morning bus ride in Xiamen, China:

Every day we should consider the following: Do the beliefs, principles, values, tenets, rights, doctrines, etc., that I endorsed and embraced yesterday still serve me today? Do they reflect who I am today, and, more importantly, do they lead me to who I want to be tomorrow?

This introspective consideration is not optional. If we refuse to do it voluntarily, life has a tragic way of forcing the issue.

We need to do this as individuals.

We need to do this as communities.

We need to do this as nations.

We need to do this as a species.

Every day.

Comments

[Erin Wilson]

And perhaps we need to be more intentional about supporting each other along the way. While each of us has to do our own internal work, we don't have to do it alone. Simply "seeing" each other can often make a huge difference.

[Mike]

Such a critical point Erin, thanks for adding that.