Month: December 2022

Let the Little Children Come to Me…

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Today during a guided meditation, my higher self showed up as a little child of about 4 years old. This sweet, joy filled child looked at me and smiled. I felt total love and total acceptance from my higher self. It was quite a beautiful, meaningful experience.

What is so special about a child? It is not just that they are innocent, but that they are curious. They are playful and want to have fun. Even the mundane has the potential to become a game. They don’t worry about the future, because they are too busy living in the present moment. They trust implicitly that their needs will be met, and that people will do the most loving thing toward them and for them.

They are who we are meant to be—even after the knowledge of good and evil. We are meant to get to a second naïveté.

Instead of being ignorant and naïve, we move into a space where we have knowledge of the world, yet choose to live in the wonder—a place where we are open to life and all its curiosities and mysteries, a place where we can flow, and a place that we embrace love in all its forms and can be love for others.

Deconstructing and Reframing Hierarchy and Leadership

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This morning, I have been contemplating hierarchy and what it means to be a “leader”. In the worldly sense, when we think of hierarchy we think of one person at the top with levels of people below, with each level having less and less authority, autonomy, etc.

But what if we rethought what hierarchy is? What if we began to see it in a different way, a more healthful way? Here are my thoughts on what this could look like.

Hierarchy has nothing to do with authority over another, but rather the level of life experience and wisdom of an individual, who then brings that experience and wisdom into a group or community. In religious Jewish culture, the wisest always speaks last. He or she allows all voices to be heard, and only after all have been given the opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions on a matter does the wisest among them give their own thoughts and opinions. It’s not about whether one person is better than any other. It is about how a person has been shaped by their experiences. It is about the community recognizing in their leaders the wisdom to avoid pitfalls that would destroy a community and highlight those things that might allow a community to flourish. It is not about control, but perspective.

The wise have learned from experience and have a more expansive understanding and knowledge that the young and inexperienced do not yet have. Perhaps this is why the elders of various cultures and tribes have been so venerated in the past.

The wise have learned that it is better to serve than to rule. It is better to listen than to speak. It is better to be curious than to be right.

Would love to hear your thoughts!