Let Me In!

Letting people in is hard, and something I certainly do not excel at. But it may very well be the answer to saving our planet. I find it's when I hide, brush off, escape the world around me and the people in it, that I begin to feel cut off from my emotions,  anxious and depressed.

Now think about how long you maintain eye contact with people in your life. The next time you are looking into someones eyes count and see, how long are you actually able to connect with someone? I find that most people don't look you in the eye, and if they do it's not for long. And when someone does look you in the eye and hold eye contact for a long time it's unnerving and out of the ordinary.

So now think about what would happen if more people connected with more people.......

We would feel more empathy for strangers....
We would be more engaged with our political world....
We would be more present, which would increase our happiness and decrease our anxiety.
Our communities and species as a whole would become more connected, there would be less violence and hate......

The list goes on and on. How we start is small, just try to look people in the eye and really listen to them. Give them time. It's hard. It's really hard. In LA people have blinders on and they are stressed and racing through life. Let's slow it down people, connect, see what world changing we could do if we just try.