He Said, She Said, They Said… but who is taking action on change?
If there is one thing that is consistent, it is that CHANGE is not a welcome term, especially by those who hold “POSITIONS” that serve them and not the people who they are there to serve.
I have sat around many tables and listened a great deal to understand better. The discussions are about the problems that we all face, and sadly the solutions continue to be about self (will we ever learn?). I often wonder why we find it so difficult to plan with our future generations’ best interests in mind rather than our own? “CHANGE “is that dreaded word and how we struggle to think beyond the impact that it will make on us as individuals. Oh, I know the short answer – “Well we still need to survive Cathy – we still need to live and eat” but none of that will stop if we place the future generation at the top of our minds.
So, what prevents us from thinking beyond self, thinking about the impact we can make long term instead of for the purpose that will meet our personal needs? This has been a topic I have shared and discussed over the past decade and sadly the answer seldom creates change, except in recent times where I have begun to find people across the globe who are determined to be part of the CHANGE that we all want to see in the world.
Being part of the change for the future is the one thing that is different between generations, especially our future generation. They are looking forward and seeing what needs to be prevented and then working backwards, but they are being told “NO”. We need to do it this way or worse still “We need to do it this way because that is how we have always done it”.
They look at what is and say “no thank you” but we keep doing what we have always done.