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Here’s another interesting juxtaposition of news stories. On the front page of yesterday’s Rocky Mountain News business section were two main stories:

"Panic rules day on Wall Street" and "Spirited times for craft industry"

Apparently, along with the still pervasive panic and uncertainty about the stock market, it seems that Colorado’s craft spirits industry (small distilleries that specialize in handcrafting whiskey, vodka, gin, and fruit brandy) is undergoing one of the biggest growth spurts in the nation.

While my thinking naturally goes to the question of whether there’s a direct correlation, I also choose to use this as an opportunity to take the broader, mile-high view of the world. Yes, we’ve collectively created a global financial situation that will require more creativity to transition through than I can possibly wrap my brain around.

At the same time, I also choose to focus my thoughts on the signs of growth, possibility, expansion, and healthy businesses.

Choosing Love (which is the focus of this website!) in our collective situation is, to me, choosing the path of creative possibility thinking. This approach DOES NOT suggest that we all pretend that everything’s fine and dandy. We DO have some tough decisions to make, both individually and collectively.

But instead of creating more of the same panic by only focusing on the panic, and instead of spending time and energy pointing the finger and searching for someone else to blame, it seems that a more productive approach is to ask more productive questions:

What CAN we do about the situation right now?
How CAN we find our way through this financial upheaval we’ve created for ourselves?
Where can we put our attention and intention in order to get the outcomes we want?
How can we work together more collaboratively?
How can we do MORE of what’s going right?

There’s no quick fix when it comes to our collective evolution. Our best choice is to continue to put one foot in front of the other and always be open to new opportunities to choose love instead of fear.

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