Chose heart-fully

second in a series of three written June 1, 2025 on iPhone sitting in sun, mid day in backyard looking at the wildflowers listening to the birds and bees.

luminous anatomical heart pulses with electric blue energy while red vessels carry life through crystalline chambers. Stockcake.

As this place reveals how fragile were the threads that weaved a perceived commitment to our shared humanity, I keep asking myself what now might be possible? 

What connections and conversations might take us not to a reconstitution of the past but to a new future? 

I don’t have answers but I have curiosities about how different language and framing might be a component.

Words matter. 

They convey assumptions and beliefs that shape dialogue. The reflect our values.

I invite you to take another look or a first look at the piece John Kania and I wrote last year.  We shared origin and invitations for deeper reflection and clarity on five words: Impact, Indicator, Lived Experience, Transformation and Scale.

As this social experiment called the United States of America enters another stage, attention and intention to the words we chose may inadvertently dictate the future some of wish to make real.