Re/frame our thinking
"Central to our ability to solve a problem is how we perceive the challenge, how we frame it - that "seeing" determines our capacity for doing, and certainly our capacity for effective doing. So I asked myself, is there a way of perceiving the environmental challenge that is at once hardheaded, evidenced based, and invigorating - one that welcomes us to become engaged problem solvers? Might it be possible to transform something that can feel so frightening as to make us go numb into a challenge so compelling that billions of us will eagerly embrace it?
. . .We don't have to keep telling ourselves a story that robs us of the energy we need now, more than ever. We can each make the "leaps of mind" that move us from discouragement to an empowering stance. We can each reframe our thinking and seeing in ways that give us energy to engage.
Get ready."
Francis Moore Lappe, EcoMind