Universal Telegram

One of my favorite questions to ask, in good times and in challenging ones:

"If the universe were trying to send you a message, what do you think it would be trying to say?"

I like to think of the universe sending me an actual telegram...and if I opened it up, to wonder what words might grace the thin telegram paper in my hands.

Organic Change

By organic change I mean change that occurs on its own, from its own source, more or less undirected. An individual, family, organization, or system shifts of its own accord in a direction, and the change sticks.

Organic change differs from directed change. With directed change, some program or intervention is amassed or developed and brought to bear on a system. In an organization, directed change may include a program or intervention, such as training education around a desired behavior. In a family system, a directed change might mean seeking help around a problem behavior that adversely affects relationships. Leadership and organizational development focuses on directed change--the intervention that helps to move a system, ideally in a more healthful direction.

I'm curious about organic changes--the kind that happen naturally, without programs, non-directed or self-directed, and that result in lasting, sticking change.