Dots, not dashes
When things around us seem deeply uncertain, and none of us understands what happens next, our best option is to become a dot.
A dot is a perspective, an opinion, an insight or an idea, grounded in generosity, freely shared without expecting a result—a piece of a jigsaw when we cannot see the picture on the lid.
Each of us sees the world differently, right down to the level of reading this. We have a choice; we can believe we are right and put everybody else straight, or we can contribute our view to a collective pot and together try to make sense of it.
This option is a challenge. We have created a society that prioritises easy answers over difficult questions and difficult questions over quiet observation. Providing answers, whether or not they …
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