Islands in a sea of chaos
The world is always changing. And chaos, polarisation and despair are part and parcel of transition. Many people think that your personal choices and actions are of little use in the face of a major crisis or challenge. Professor of Transition and Sustainability Jan Rotmans totally disagrees. "We suffer from the illusion of powerlessness. Systemic change starts precisely with personal actions and choices."
How then? In particular, by working on inner development, such as cultivating self-knowledge, patience, compassion, deep listening and resilience, you can empower yourself and be better able to deal with challenging situations and make choices.
The Foundation for Natural Leadership's (FNL) wildernistrail programmes focus particularly on this personal growth: From inner growth to outer change.
As a result, you can also inspire and influence others. You can be an example of peaceful behaviour, empathy and understanding, and encourage others to also work on their inner development. In this way, you can have a positive influence on your immediate environment and possibly even on a larger scale.
You can then be an island of calm, focus, trust and connection, in a sea of chaos.
As Belgian chemist and Nobel laureate Ilia Prigorin states:
When a system is substantially imbalanced
have small islands of cohesion,
in a sea of chaos,
the ability to manage the entire system
taking it to a higher order
Boy Van Droffelaar, PhD
