The world needs your unique perspective on things
Coming up with our own answers about what’s going on in the world.
Here we are, as a collective world, waking up to the challenges we face, and trying to have a coherent conversation to organize where we go next…
What a task! And far from easy...
Because with any of these challenges - whether environmental, cultural, economic, political - there are a plethora of different philosophies and perspectives about why they exist, and no one tried and true method on how to achieve our goals.
Let’s take the topic of justice, for instance.
We’re at a point in time where justice is hot! And rightfully so. It’s so cool and beautiful to see this explosion of awareness around the need to integrate and center justice in our organizations, communities and businesses. It can make you feel like we’re on the right path as a world. We’re onto something! Until…
You’re mid-conversation with someone about a justice-related topic and find yourself scratching your head wondering, “Are we talking about the same thing?”
Or you’re in the midst of organizing an action or event with a colleague. You both have the same goals around social justice, but as you put the event together you come to realize your assumptions about how to achieve those goals are wildly different.
What do we do?
This divergence of thought that we see here makes sense and is another expression of our diversity as a world. A diversity that’s needed, and that makes the ecology of our world smarter, healthier and more vibrant.
For in this age of mass media, political divisiveness and urgent calls for social action, we can find ourselves being inundated with voices and perspectives that tell us what and how to think; and the severity of the issues can make it tough to question them. The complexity and nuance of the issues get lost. In response to the urgency, and in our own efforts to be good people and to stand up for what’s right, we find ourselves being pushed and pulled by political rhetoric and ideas that we don’t even necessarily know if we fully agree with. Or, rather, we don’t have the opportunity to figure that out.
This is where Circle comes in. A place to digest this complexity and come up with your own answers.
For at We Heal for All we believe it’s more necessary than ever for you to come up with your own unique understanding of what’s going on in the world. An understanding that’s based on what you’re learning, seeing, witnessing and reading; as well as an understanding based on your lived experiences, values, personal wisdom and deeper spiritual sense.
Circle is a place to digest all of the information, ideas and news reports that you’re consuming. A place to develop your own internal framework for navigating the world and its many changes. To make sure you’re not just being taken for a ride based on someone else’s agenda or beliefs.
In Circle, no one will tell you what to believe or how to think. You won’t find answers on “how to save the world” or what you are and aren’t allowed to say. We’ll hold space for you to arrive at your own answers, and use the open format to learn through each other’s stories and wisdom.
We’d love to learn from your personal take on things. Will you join us?
Looking for a framework to reflect on your unique understanding of justice? Check out theologian Tim Keller’s framework below in his piece that offers a biblical critique on secular justice. Whether you agree with his take or not, his article offers a nice overview of different philosophies of thought.
Hi, I’m Liz Moyer Benferhat. Writer, facilitator, coach, and development practitioner dedicated to the subtle interplay between how inner transformation feeds the outer transformation we need in the world. Welcome 🌿