*consider this*

[whitecrow]

I've been calling for Ground Crews to get up from the computer and take the new paradigm out into the streets. I've told our local Forum members where I work, and put my cell phone number out there. And I've been shouting: Let's get together! Let's meet, plan, talk, brainstorm, and act! So far there have been very few takers.

So consider this: the PTB have us where they want us. They know where we are: we're sitting at our computers. They don't need to worry. We're not out in the streets, talking to people about what they're going to do when the stuff hits the fan. We're not offering hope to anyone besides each other. We're not out showing people that the solutions are in their hands. If we were, then they'd have something to fear from us.

I also belong to a group that is using the tool Strengths Finder 2.0 which is marketed as a business motivational tool. It is a powerful life tool that allows one to identify and focus on a number of one's strengths, and discover the strengths of others as well. Positive, proactive focus is what this tool offers. It's well worth the $20 it costs at Barnes & Noble. This other group meets every few days - in fact there's always some kind of conversation going on, almost like one of those perpetual rotating poker games. Our focus is not on business but on moving ahead in community as the world around us crumbles.

This is what I want to see from Ground Crews! This is what we need if we are to have any effectiveness at all. I'm not talking about buying a book. I've failed to arouse any interest in that here at this Forum. So forget the book. I'm talking about taking action, BEING the change we wish to see in the world.

Please consider that if we fail to act, we are playing right into the PTB's plans.