The Truth Is We're Not Flourishing.
How Do I Know?
All Flourishing is Mutual.
It means that for Us to Truly Flourish, We Must Flourish Together.
Now, I usually write from the Perspective of Sageship, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Business.
So, I typically talk about this from a "Business Lens".
But...
Our Lives are More than Business and the Work that We Do.
Flourishing, too, is about More than Work and Making Money.
Ironically, Making "More" Money often Does Not Actually Lead to More Flourishing...
Usually, it Makes Stressors Worse.
But that is for another time.
Today, I want to Focus on Flourishing from the Perspective of Being Human.
We are, by Nature, Interdependent.
We Cannot Escape This Reality.
Yet, We have as a Society Lost Our Way in Recognizing this Truth.
We Attempt to "Mimic" Nature, but have Failed at Every Turn.
The Processed Air We Breathe in Buildings is Not as Impactful as the Air Outside.
The Artificial Lights We Use Do Not Produce the Same Vitamin D Production that comes from the Sun.
The Ultra-Processed Stuff People Call "Food" has Little to None of the Needed Nutrients that Our Bodies Need, while Simultaneously Adding Harmful Ingredients.
The Synthetic Supplements We've Designed Carry None of the Health Benefits and Cause Far More Destruction than Most Realize.
But it gets Worse Still.
We have Failed to Take Care of the Planet as Well.
The Outside Air has become Polluted with Toxins.
The Oceans have become Littered with Plastics.
The Water We Drink is Contaminated.
The Food We Grow has Depleted the Soil making it Less Nutrient.
The Animals that Sustain Us have been Poisoned and Psychologically Broken, also Creating Lower Quality Food.
The Ecosystems that Provide Everything for Our Lives to be Healthy are being Destroyed, leaving Nothing Behind.
Do You Want To Know Why We Are So Sick?
We have Thought that We, as Humans, were Better than Nature.
Hubris at its Finest.
Instead of Cultivating the Ecosystems We Exist Within...
Which We Are Interdependent With...
We Have Architected Our Own Disease.
Our Own Sickness.
Our Own Pain.
Our Own Bondage.
But Not Our Deaths...
At Least Not Yet.
Despite All the Damage We Have Done...
There is Still Hope.
Nature has an Incredible Ability to Heal Itself from the Damage that Occurs.
A Few Weeks Ago, I talked about Chernobyl.
The Infamous Site of a Nuclear Power Plant Incident.
It has been deemed "Uninhabitable By Humans" for 20,000 Years...
Yet, Nature is Beginning to Thrive there in only 30 Years.
0.15% of the Time Estimated.
Nature Can Heal.
The Planet is Not Doomed.
But Healing Cannot Occur While We Are Actively Making Things Worse.
It is True in Humans, just as it is True for the Planet.
For True Healing to Occur...
We Must Rest...
Actively Recover...
Adapt As Necessary...
This Cannot Happen While We Are In A Struggle And Fight For Survival.
So We Must First Lay Down Our Arms Against the Planet.
Then, Seek How We Can Help.
Just as We Have Done Much To Hurt the Planet...
We can Change Our Ways and Do Much to Help the Planet.
There is a Lot that is Within Our Power to Change.
Here's what we Must Understand...
Change Can Happen Quickly...
But Change Often Feels Slow.
Little Efforts Build.
As They Build, They Gain Momentum.
With Momentum, We Can Change The World.
Start Small and Start with What You're Able.
Decrease a Little Damage Here.
Help Improve a Little There.
Hold Accountable Those Who Actively Make Things Worse.
I Know That We May Feel Small...
But Many Small Voices Can Become A Choir For Change.
When United, Cohesive, and Interdependent...
Nothing Can Stop Us.
Let's Change The World.
Are You Ready to Go Beyond Leadership?
Tired of Broken Algorithms and AI Slop?
Excited to Dive Deeper into Psychophysiological Mastery?
Want to Change The World?