Weekend Thoughts.

1 - I feel the urge to encourage myself and others to RECLAIM some of our shared values, values that have been pushed gently to the side over time.

2 - The ability to be curious and think for yourself and speak your mind without fear of dramatic consequence, to make mistakes and be brave and own up when you are wrong and be forgiven and move on.

3 - We do this with REASON. Acknowledging that we are all flawed in so many ways and are also all blessed in so many ways, with ideas and dreams and ambitions. Our fundamental state is the desire for communication.

4 - Those who wish to curb your desire to be free, are those who wish agency in your autonomy. We are instinctively resistant to control.

5 - The structures, institutions and edifices around us reflect our thinking and confidence in ourselves, personally and collectively.

6 - We can REFORM. Reform ourselves, first and foremost, to listen better to others, rather than waiting for them to stop speaking so that we can start. At the same time, we can REFORM the institutions that surround us and in whose shadows our daily lives fall.

7 - We have inherited this world. We are it’s custodians. PROGRESS is accepting responsibility for that task and being curious in its undertaking, whilst respecting others and being free to speak your mind.

8 - We are the solution.

9 - Not the problem.