Each day offers the challenge of ‘hearing what is not said, to see what cannot be seen.’
These daily dispatches, lasting 108 days, provide a window into ways we might learn and grow through these storms – in this extraordinary season - as we find ways to see and face the horizon as we go.
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No. 27 of 108
Restoration for future thriving is the foundational task.
No. 26 of 108
Complex hyperlocal needs to be a thriving buttress in a timeplace of collapse.
No. 25 of 108
Okay. Can we say it? Yes, it is true. Females have more guts. It’s science.
No. 24 of 108
He lei poina ‘ole ke keiki – a beloved child is a lei never forgotten.
No. 23 of 108
During and after a storm, humans from across the political spectrum arise to be in support of each other, not caring (for a long moment) whether we believe that human activity impacts climate change, or not.
No. 22 of 108
A key attribute of good/great governance is anticipation of the conditions and needs of peoples and places and the other beings we share the earth with.
No. 21 of 108
What does it mean to be a citizen of a country?
No. 20 of 108
That which isn’t seen can’t be dealt with. Look under the hood!
No. 19 of 108
It is possible to be not proud of what’s happening or how it’s happening or why it’s happening and still have love.
No. 18 of 108
The ideas are at war with each other as much as the candidates, the power blocks, the people.
No. 17 of 108
The ruling classes of the country are indeed in a fierce battle to determine the directionality of the country.
No. 16 of 108
While facts matter, our vigorous pursuit and objective understanding, over time, matter more.
No. 15 of 108
Even with majorities in the legislative and judicial branches, a ruler could have such an appetite for sweeping change…
No. 14 of 108
There is the rule, the law, the rule of law, and that which is wielded by the rulers.
No. 13 of 108
As leaders strive for “better” and “great”, “wins” and “strikes”, there are few simple solutions. How do we assess the whole over the long haul?
No. 12 of 108
Who are we to believe? Not one or the other based on identities, experts over leaders, leaders over experts.
No. 11 of 108
What is the common good? The bodies politic cannot agree, or more accurately, are in fierce fights to define and realign.
No. 10 of 108
No action taken, no decision made is without consequences. There are the immediate, and the ones that boomerang and echo to the timeplaces of descendants’ descendants.
No. 9 of 108
Decision makers are people, and people being people means that most if not all decisions and actions follow rutted habit patterns, no matter what those decisions and actions are applied to.
No. 8 of 108
There is no denying the trend. Escalation is currently winning over de-escalation.