Are YOU an Oasis In a World-Gone-Mad?

Do you ever find yourself asking…

“Has The World Gone Completely Mad?
Or Is It Just Me?”

After a few days of watching The News.
It’s not difficult to reach that state of mind, is it?

And then this happens…

You find yourself in a room with really GOOD people.

No, correction.
Really GREAT people.

People who are a light in other folk’s darkness.
People who think beyond “What’s In It For Me?”

People more determined to Contribute than to Acquire in life.
People who are not only smart. They’re insightful. They see things clearly.

People in whose presence you can feel safe… open… completely unjudged.
People who laugh with you. Not about you.

People with whom you can be a Playful Child again.
People with whom you don’t have to compare or compete.

I found myself with three such groups only this week.

Firstly, by spending an hour with my coach, Jane.
(Yep, being embraced by her wisdom definitely counts as being in a supportive group.)

Next, by attending a Meditation Class with my wife and our friends.

At first, I thought “This is soooo weird. This is just not my Thing!”

Now, I find myself thinking…
“Why would I want to leave this room… these people?”

I wish you could have been there to feel it.
Because we’ve created a definite CULTURE.

The next day, I sat looking at the smiles on numerous faces…
gazing from my Zoom screen.

It was our monthly ‘Tribe Breakout’.
Our monthly meeting of Leaders in Financial Planning firms.

A time when brilliant thinking – and deep feelings – are shared.
A time when we use ‘The Thinking Environment’…
To help each other think more clearly… more courageously… more creatively.

There was banter. There was laughter. There were close-to-tears moments.

I wish you could have been there to feel it.
Because we’ve created a definite CULTURE.

A Culture where people’s behaviour sings out: “I want to be with YOU!”

I wonder what it feels like…
Coming to work each day in your firm?

Because, the beautiful, stunning truth is…
We can CHOOSE to bring people like this into our life!

When the world feels completely insane; completely confused.
We can find strength… serenity… clarity in the presence of Great People.

And… We can choose who THEY are. (The people we work with.)
By choosing who WE want to be.

So, here’s the question.
Who do YOU want to be… for others?

No, really.
Who?