Thriving, By All Accounts

This is lifted, word for word, from http://www.appropedia.org/Thrivability

It is so delicious, and perfectly presented, I wanted to share it, just as it is:

Thrivability is an abundant and sustainable way of living. Thrivability is sustainability+vision to flourish+ways of being. And by ways of being, means working in open distributed networks with heightened levels of collaboration, and certain quality of something that tends to fall into spirituality loosely. That last one has to do with how we compose ourselves and our work with others, honoring both the whole and the individual in a delicate balance, so we move beyond what spiral dynamics calls the green meme. Thrivability goes beyond sustainability by including social justice. It is not enough to find ways to sustain life and human life on the planet. Real thrivability means no one gets left behind in poverty, exposed unfairly to disaster, or suffers at the hand of corrupt governments. Thus thrivability requires a massive shift both in consciousness and in action: incorporating social justice work, environmental efforts, and process arts. We must include all these efforts and also transcend them through our growing understanding of complex adaptive systems and flow patterns. Fundamentally thrivability is visionary – it is about co-evolving a future we want rather than avoiding a future that terrifies us. It is about acting with enthusiasm toward an opportunity rather than away from catastrophe. It is about becoming a good ancestor.

This absolutely speaks to my soul, speaks to what we are choosing, in inviting ourselves to Envision Life Anew, to structure our lives so that ALL are thriving!!