The Way Back – and Forward
Last month, we checked in with local experts in a variety of fields for their predictions on what 2021 would bring, our first story below.
No one foresaw anything like what happened at the Capitol last week.
Through the course that is the basis of our second story this week, I was introduced to Margaret Wheatley, an organizational behavior consultant and writer. I find her words to be a powerful salve and motivator for many situations – even more so now.
Here are some excerpts from several of her writings:
“Change always involves a dark night when everything falls apart. Yet if this period of dissolution is used to create new meaning, then chaos ends and new order emerges.
“I hope we can reclaim conversation as our route back to each other, and as the path forward to a hopeful future. It only requires imagination and courage and faith. These are qualities possessed by everyone. Now is the time to exercise them to their fullest.
– Jennifer Bardoner, editor
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