Power over; as long as we seek personal or group fulfillment through the use of domination by any means will not bring peace.  It is not until we start to know ‘power with’ that we can hope to establish local or global harmony. 

The good news is that the change is happening; and the change is not a governmental phenomenon.  It is truly a grass roots occurrence; its leadership like its constituency comes from the masses.  Paul Hawken, (author, speaker and advocate) says it is organized into add hoc societies world wide, their numbers exceeding a hundred and thirty thousand, likely more than two hundred and fifty thousand and possibly more than five hundred thousand groups.  It is not possible to determine exactly how many because this is a people’s revolution, changing the world from the ground up.

Each of these societies has a membership speaking out for peace, environment and social change.  Every year the numbers grow; today there are millions upon millions of people pushing for a change whose time has come. 

And we are the ones.  Every time we speak in affirmation of a global shift we add to the rebalancing of a world economy, environment and society; one that has no controlling organization or leadership.  Every time we write to the newspaper, encourage a neighbor or show up at an event or a society meeting we add to the movement for change as we would like to see it.  Every time we spend our money we cast a vote.

It really is time for change; we really can be a part of that change and all we need to do is show up wherever our values direct us.