Watching groups interact is fascinating. Some communities are able to navigate thorny issues with wisdom, discernment and patience. Others are so angry that anything at all has to addressed, combined with their fear about change, makes it virtually impossible for them to succeed.
I have worked with both kinds of groups. For those groups who greet bumps in the road as learning experiences, the process is rich and deep. For the groups who are angry and fearful, nothing will work and the process becomes a source of deep pain and limited in the scope of change, if any that is effected.
I muse about what makes the difference in attitude. What allows some people to live with trust and others with only anger? Is there a switch that can be turned from grump to grace? If there is would somebody let me know where it is? Is there enough love and prayer to move a group from self-destruction to creativity?
The answers as always are hidden from view at the moment. Thankfully, as we speak I am working with a group from each category. They balance each other out. Their journeys teach me skills that enable my leadership to grow and mature. Ahh.
I have worked with both kinds of groups. For those groups who greet bumps in the road as learning experiences, the process is rich and deep. For the groups who are angry and fearful, nothing will work and the process becomes a source of deep pain and limited in the scope of change, if any that is effected.
I muse about what makes the difference in attitude. What allows some people to live with trust and others with only anger? Is there a switch that can be turned from grump to grace? If there is would somebody let me know where it is? Is there enough love and prayer to move a group from self-destruction to creativity?
The answers as always are hidden from view at the moment. Thankfully, as we speak I am working with a group from each category. They balance each other out. Their journeys teach me skills that enable my leadership to grow and mature. Ahh.
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