Beyond the Boundaries

[Beautiful Future - X]

Is the future beautiful? Or, will it be like today, just one day later on the calendar?

Will tomorrow be more akin to the world (or the home, town, block, neighborhood) we profess to desire? Or will it be a replica of yesterday’s madness?

How about the new year? Truthfully. Sincerely. Do we have any expectation that things will change? Expectations of ourselves, our neighbors, our faith communities, or our local officials?

People like us that are unwilling to continue with the way things are must be able to picture—literally sketch it out on paper!—the beautiful future. But you and I cannot think beyond the boundaries that our communities allow.

Our communities set the framework for what’s acceptable and then create the consequences for deviating outside the boundaries.

Does your community make room for dreaming about a different kind of tomorrow? Not in twenty years. Or a thousand. But tomorrow. In concrete terms.

And does it empower you to believe in and create a beautiful future?

It’s time to begin asking.