Empathy, can we extend our empathy from our immediate friends and family to other human beings and species around the world? This is one of the saddest videos I have ever seen: http://bear71.nfb.ca/#/bear71. After recently spending a week in the Canmore area and my parents are there now for the next two weeks, this is an eye opener, 5 million tourists annually.... Cat Stevens asked, "where do the children play?" and Bruce Cockburn added, "if a tree falls in the forest, does anybody hear...". We are living in wondrous times, remember this the next time you get to be outside in one of these places...
While I can hardly hold back the tears, I am not sure if this type of narrative is effective or not. We are learning about the psychology of change in classes this go round and as soon as I have some insights I will share. Death and despair does not work it seems. It seems there is something positive around teams and social networks and building social capital and a new social fabric that supports a different style of living... from my own research I found this takes time, and organisations may grow impatient quickly.
I saw a little bit of a video by Facebook called "A life in a day" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaFVr_cJJIY&feature=watch-now-button&wide=1, encouraging us to think about the struggles and lives and loves of other humans around the world. I wish/wonder if we can extend these thoughts and hopes to all other life forms who struggle to share this planet with us. I think narratives like these help us do that... to start to think about other species and their perspectives in our busy busy lives.
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