We can change the world with a change of heart and mind. With a DREAM. Do you know this? Even in the worst places, we can change everything, if we can help influence a new consciousness of goodness for all people. It starts with a DREAM.
I recently shared my perspective on my home country ... BIAFRA ... a place that needs your vision and action. Listen now. Read a story.
To help one another, we have to practice being DREAMERS and it can start right where you are in your city. If you practice building a new DREAM about your city. Then you can DREAM about mine.
Some months ago, I participated in the Habitat JAM and shared how to dream about a better world right in your own city:
I recommend the following tools for DREAMERS building their dream city. You expect practical results from your imaginative dreams; therefore, let the tangible morph seamlessly into the imaginative.
1) Get a city map. How can you be dreaming about building a city without looking at a city map?
A great map is a Satellite map of your city.
a) Find maps with parameters which are of interest to you.
b) Study these maps; play with re-arranging things on the maps.
c) Ask yourself, what were the original city fathers / mothers dreaming and envisioning when they built this city this way?
2) Invite your friend(s) to play with you and the maps make it a game or an exercise: ask yourselves what you want this city to look like in the future, and work it out on the map(s).
3) Increase the pool: invite the community, the city planners, architects, community leaders, etc, to participate in the game. Get a table and play the game at every public community event
4) Let the exercise sharpen and bring clarity to your vision and dream.
5) Allow your Vision / Dream to convert you into a driven-person depending on your level of seriousness and commitment.
John F. Kennedy said:
The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by those whose horizons are limited by obvious realities. We need men [and women] who can dream of things that never were.
To which I add: ...and have the fortitude and interest to bring such dreams to fruition.
Dream on: that's where "it" is at! Read more about Building a NEW DREAM
Oguchi Nkwocha, M.D.
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