We’re all in this together. So how can we start acting like it?
We often take our commonalities as humans for granted. We share the same planet. Our genes differ from one another in just fractions of a percent. Our needs and wants for our families and children are very often the same. Deep down, most of us know that what is “true” lies in between us, not on one end or the other. This community intends to help create a deeper level of awareness for why this is and bring us closer together in the process.
We’re stuck. And many of us don’t even realize it.
The exponential growth in access to information and interconnectedness doesn’t appear to have helped us see and understand each other. Too many of us swirl around in our own echo chambers, where everything we see and read reinforces – and even hardens – our beliefs. In fact, most of the online tools we use to obtain our information are configured and financially incentivized to give us more information that supports our existing perspectives. Even in the face of having access to alternative points of view, we choose not to look.
Facts don’t open minds. Experiences do.
If we’re going to find common ground, we need the understanding and open mindedness that comes from hearing different perspectives and voices.
That’s what An Opening is all about.
We are creating a worldwide forum through which subscribers and visitors can share their own transformation stories and learn from people whose life experiences have opened their minds to new ways of seeing and understanding the world around them.
Everyone is welcome here.
Really. Everyone. This project isn’t about opening minds to any one particular idea, political party, religion or philosophy. Every transformation story and point of view is respected. We hope to inspire civil discourse, respectful conversation, and ultimately, greater understanding and compassion for our fellow humans.
Tell your story!
In this beta phase of the project, we’re working to gather stories of openings for our official launch. If there was a time in your life when you were closed off to something (e.g. a person, an idea, a belief, a point of view, etc.) and a life event or experience changed your perspective and opened you to a new way of looking at it, we want to hear about it.
