Changing Projects--ish

 I started with 3 projects, since I wasn't yet clear even which field my vision fits into, let alone what the project exactly should be.  I had felt so strongly and passionately the need to tell a story to the mainstream (tv) that saves lives and reduces suffering and increases love, and at the same time I felt to tell the story I would have to try to live the values it depicted in my actual life too.  

But I don't have any passion for helping the TV industry, and my interview with one person in that field, and conversations with a few others, have helped me recognize that it was disingenuous of me to pretend that I did want to serve there.  Sure, I would in a particular case want someone to be able to get their vision realized and share a work of heart rather than one of commercialism, but if they had to put their work on the stage in a community theatre setting instead I would not feel any significant sense of loss for them.

I need to surrender to the process and listen to where I can be of service, but at the same time I also need to be listening to myself.

Officially I should start the process over from the personal essay, and I may do that.  But I'm adjusting my original ideas for the Income-Sharing Community projects to be broader to focus on population balancing in general, and I will have to get 3 more conversations with close supportive people on that to continue.

I am limited in the amount my body can type, so consider this a brief personal essay.

I want people to see the tremendous opportunity that creating a tiny family with many adults offers us.  At this time in history we have zero worry of our population dwindling too far.  The concern about the economy collapsing is mostly just fear itself--fear of economic insecurity shouldn't stop us from what we love and what we have passion for.  I want us to bring children into a sustainable, safe, beautiful, nature-filled, sane, calm, happy, supportive, joyous, love-filled world.  I want the voices of those who are cautious and far-seeing and care enough to sound the alarm to be included in the conversation.  They have much to teach our children.

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