It’s been a dramatic day in politics, with some people celebrating, and others in despair. An inevitable result of our current politics of disconnection is that we must view things more as ‘winners’ and ‘losers’, which is a perspective that comes at the cost of collaboration and shared progress. And yet we know that many of our most entrenched challenges can only truly be solved collaboratively, and by unlocking the potential of our broadest communities.
Use your sixty seconds today quite simply, to reach out.
It does not need to be to a friend or an enemy, but rather focus your effort on reconnection. To someone you drifted away from, who you wish was still in your community, or a friendship damaged or a friction unresolved. It could be to congratulate someone, or to commiserate with them. The key is to be in dialogue.
A politics of interconnection is not about agreement, or unity, or consensus. It’s about respectful difference and a recognition that division is a price that levies upon us all. We are not stronger apart.
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