My wife just returned from a visit to the west coast. As we discuss the crises and challenges facing world society and a world economy she mentions a phrase her friend in California used, “a seaglass change.” She was referring to the type of social change that occurs without the violence of revolution. The incremental evolution of “changing the world one idea at a time.” The process by which a piece of a broken discarded beer bottle, once a hazard or even a weapon, becomes a heart-shaped message, a thing we might make jewelry of and hold as beautiful. A transformation that has occurred without intent or direction, but as a result of the interplay of natural forces which have sculpted an artifact changed in both form and function. Belief in the power of this process reassures me and strengthens my hope for the future of humans in this world of nature.
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This was a totally inspiring post! I still love your blog! :-)
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