Strive to have an open mind, heart, and spirit
Be present, aware, and awake
Be intentional, grounded, authentic, and transparent about your role(s), goals, and mission: Getting “real”
Be curious and creative: unleash your imagination
Actively listen with empathy
Seed, encourage, and express trust, generosity, hospitality, and cooperation
Everyone is a teacher and learner
Everyone contains within them the seeds to make change
Everyone is sacred, divine, and holy, just as they are
Connect to people where they are – Context matters
Work together in solidarity …. really be a partner
All experiences are teachers …. particularly obstacles and difficult people
Pay attention to and learn from power, race, class, etc. issues, dynamics, and influences …& strive to be culturally appropriate and responsible
Uplift stories and examples of love, hospitality, generosity, solidarity, hope, healing, and restorative justice
Call out, disrupt, and correct injustice, hatred, greed, exploitation, and violence
Focus on what affirms and strengthens empowerment, resilience, creativity, wholeness, renewal, joy, vitality, flourishing, thriving, community, compassion, liberation, and what’s meaningful
Everything changes