Heroes Not Zombies

This photo reminds me that what I can see lying ahead of me is framed by my present position.

The future is full of potential. That potential is a multiplicity of possibilities. Which one will I choose to move towards? Which one will i realise?

However even though that future which I can glimpse contains a seeming infinity of possibilities, they are only a small portion of the whole.

What if I change my position? What becomes more obvious as I move forward? And what disappears out of sight?

We can’t change a future which doesn’t exist yet but we can change our perspective. We can change how, in this present moment, we frame what potential lies ahead.

I think we often get stuck in a certain frame, and that frame both colour and constrain our view of the future. So as we look ahead maybe fearing what might lie ahead, changing our present position, looking through a different frame can change that future completely.

I think we are at one of those times and places. We need to change our frame, need to see the world differently, if we are going to create a better future for us all. The competitive, consumerist, disconnected frame isn’t serving us well.

It’s time to shift from a left brain view of the world to a whole brain one.