Dear Friends:

Every ten years or so a new mission swells up inside me. The growing distention says as much!

;)

As I travel the country, as I approach 50, as I realize how precious are my remaining days, I've lasered in on a single question:

If we put our money, talents, resources, networks, and our love and friendship together in one place, at one time, with one concerted goal (make substantial profit, have outrageous fun, while transforming our world), what would we be doing?

Naturally, those of us with children and spouses think of our immediate loved ones first. But, if we can, for a second, let's try to imagine something bigger than our families and ourselves. If we put all our chips on one goal, at one time, what would that project be?

An organization?

A business?

A community?

Media?

Structures?

Processes?

What?

How?

Where?

Why?

Friends, I believe we are at a turning point in not only our nation’s history, but in our planet's evolution. I won't recite the tired clichés we've heard the past 12 months. Those who read my dispatches know I am no fan of fluff, hype, or demagoguery.

But this moment is big and it is new. Because, for once, the self-serving egotists we routinely allow to represent us suddenly must admit, they "don't know." In Zen Buddhism, we look at "don't know" as the bedrock of true awakening. From an embrace of "don't know," manifold miracles can arise.

Friends, we are at a moment of epic "don't know."

And we are uniquely tasked with the opportunity to embrace it. We have the tools. We have the wisdom. We have the desire.

But, as I see it, each of us is pushing our own agendas. Often we are not talking to or with each other. We are talking AT each other. Or we are looking to our governments, or the newly elected U.S. President, or some other public person or entity, instead of to ourselves. No doubt many of our present efforts are admirable and fruitful. No doubt Adam Smith's invisible hand is guiding our disparate efforts to some common good.

But consider for a moment, what if each of us, and all those linked up to each of us, came together, without hesitation, without caveats, and with 100% focus, on a common endeavor? What would that endeavor be?

What is that one thing that unites all of us across religion, race, ideology, nationality, or background? What is it?

My initial stab at a response is here: http://www.resolved.tv

But it is incomplete. It needs you.

What do you think is vital? On what are you willing to put ALL your chips, all your assets, all your energy and goodwill? What is that one thing?

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With utmost sincerity,

Jim Crotty

http://www.crottyfarmreport.com