Julie Brown - Thaw your Resistance
Eco-tourism to remote areas of our globe provides us with the privilege to return as witnesses. We are able to describe in passionate detail the conditions of threatened cultures, telling vivid stories to those "armchair travelers" less able to make these logistically complex and somewhat uncomfortable journeys. We are able to expose human populations in the Arctic, for example, in need of assistance, people suffering from tragic social diseases in their struggle to roll with the changes of our contemporary times. Yet we are less able and less willing to examine how our behavior is part of the problem.
It is time to thaw our resistance to change.
We each play a vital role on our planet Earth. We each represent a unique and irreplaceable piece in the intricate puzzle which comprises our global population. Our need to change - to adapt our lifestyle - is as necessary as those cultures far away in these seemingly remote regions. We are all threatened. Yet we are all powerful & capable to make a difference.
The process of thawing is sublimely passive. It symbolizes acceptance, a non-resistant "letting go" - a transformation. What awaits us on the other side of change? Surely something different, surely something which will require adaptation, but perhaps something ... magical.
Allow wonder to guide you on our common journey ahead. Let's redefine "progress" together.
Married to Dixie Dansercoer; together parents of four children (Jasper, Evelien, Thijs and Robin) Born 1964 in Detroit, Michigan USA Belgian resident since November 1998