CONVIVIUM

Hey John,
I hate to be the first one on this discussion, but here's my sense of things: to find an adventure, most of all one has to be looking for one. I suspect that adventures are lurking all around us, only we're often so caught up in the usual that we overlook them. This sounds simplistic, but I feel there is validity to it -- I'll often tell people, "Don't pray for an adventure unless you want one, because God will definitely answer your prayer." This may be because the prayer itself has simply opened us up to what is already there, but we've overlooked it...
Another component is not to expect the adventure to be my idea -- the best adventures have come to me through other people's initiative.
And finally, it never hurts to think of the current "stuckness" as an adventure, in itself -- a little like the "getting lost" that Barbara Brown Taylor describes in her recent book, "An Altar in the World."
For what it's worth -- and looking forward to hearing the wisdom of the rest of the 3M community ---

Some of this may seem elementary but here are a couple of thoughts.

As we all know, vision is essential. So someone or a group led by someone needs to set about creating a vision. My experience has also taught me that when one has a vision and begins to act upon it, lots of anxiety develops in the process.

Sooooo....having an appreciation for the anxiety that will be created is necessary.

But who needs to know about this? I believe that getting unstuck requires a cadre of leaders (leader not in position but emotional) who are gathered together to reflect, learn, and prepare.

Prepare for sharing a vision, dealing with the anxiety, and moving in a more non-anxious process.

Thoughts to build on.