Reimagine My Community
We realize that there are some very challenging and serious topics within Reimagine and Rethink.
We could opt for “a very serious tone.” You know … a very official-sounding tone and vocabulary. After all, there are a lot of serious topics in Reimagine and Rethink.
But we also know that when learning and exploration has some fun associated with it, the experience is better and easier to embrace. It’s like the teachers or professors you liked the most. Did you like the very-serious-types or the ones-that-had-some-fun with you? Which ones stood out in your memories the most?
This is especially true when we get into the more creative areas in Reimagine. Here we call forth creativity and imagination to help solve those genuine concerns that may surround your life and future.
So while validating any concerns about serious topics and not wanting to diminish their importance, we also try to come alongside with a wink and a smile, saying, “Let’s journey together!”
We also know there is no shortage of actual concerns, long faces and worries surrounding some topics we touch on. It’s hard to watch a news hour without some concerning events.
Rather than flood you with more “serious and negative” discussion or news, we are incorporating steep journeys on a hike with a yodeler and a singing musician.
Click here if you would like to further explore Despair and Hope.
Without further ado, off we go!
We use detours in Reimagine at times … Muttlee insists upon sniffing out other scenes and scents when he is out for his daily walk….
You know the drill.
You walk into a meeting—social or biz.
You are trying to figure out if they want to talk with you.
Or are they just tolerating your presence?
Like, really, Community is about people.
Right? Right …???
Oooh … ancient rules.
Ahh … outdated regulations.
Cities and towns that someone said worked like clockwork years ago (I remember when …).
Do this.
Don’t do that.
Protocols gathering dust in a dusty old Policy and Procedures Manual.
Blah-blah-blah.
Prim and Proper.
On steroids.
More unworkable blah and blah.
It’s endless. We couldn’t even gasp out another “blah.”
It’s exhausting….
It’s draining….
It’s….
Allegedly relevant at one point in time …
Then The Old Guard got bent right out of shape ‘cuz you smiled wrong and had the gall to suggest something might be out of whack (as in whacked or totally whacked).
Then you crossed a line.
You fell asleep in a totally boring presentation. Even coffee wasn’t working. Biting your lip to stop the yawns was simply leaving tooth tracks on your lips. We do one tooth at a time.
You had to solve the caffeine problem. No medical types around for IV-drip espresso.
You had to find something interesting to do instead of listening to the very-official-corporate-dude droning on at the front.
Listening to the box fan in a YAHW (Yet-Another-Heat-Wave) last summer while counting sheep was more interesting.
Two pencils—and a spider on the ceiling—caught your attention.
The pull was too great….
We knew we had to investigate and deal with this issue….
It’s kind of official. Like, we are talking about The Old Guard.
We called security … he’s from Texas.
Don’t mess with Tex.
Mr. Details get right into the smallest things. Don’t bug him when he’s working—he gets ultra-focused.
We got stumped a few times and scratched our heads.
We even pushed back on the Polite “community” Protocols….
Yeah, we even sent Bro’ Festus over to check things out.
We thought it would be a good move. Bro’ Festus is one of our top dudes.
Turns out his nose-picking didn’t go over so well.
But it gave ‘em something to talk about….
Dang untrained and uneducated gorillas in our midst.…
Need to send ‘em to finishing school for Manners 101….
But, if you read more about him, Brother Festus also enjoys wearing a tuxedo….
(This was the only way we could ferret out what was in the treasure chest of buried FUN folklore that Community needs.)
Ya’ gotta trust your gut sometimes!
After careful consideration on the best additions to the team, we brought other experienced members into the fold.
You can always find out more about our Cast of Characters if you so choose. A mini “bio” for each is within this link.
Now was the hard part. We had some internal debate.
But Daisy finally settled it for us!
Keep it fun (and fun is okay—we checked it out for you).
Let no one rob you of the right of Journey.
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Yes, we are VERY concerned about Climate Change and the impacts on Community.
