Convergence 2024 : Breaking the Mold: Redefining Relationships in a Changing World

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[[https://bit.ly/3VXueGD A Few Thoughts on Conflict in Dating]]
[[https://bit.ly/3VPvmfl Why Trying to "Be More Feminine or Masculine" is a Trap]]
[[https://bit.ly/3BJCTWp "Not Good Enough"]]
[[https://bit.ly/3VUAFdG Chasing After Instant Chemistry is Foolish]]
[[https://bit.ly/3BLGjba Does Longevity in the Past = Mature Dater Today?]]
[[https://bit.ly/3BNkUOT Are You Really Prepared for a Relationship?]]
[[https://bit.ly/3VWKPKV Guys Don’t Want to Date “One of The Guys”]]
[[https://bit.ly/3VTunuK Things I Have Learned About Dating]]
[[https://bit.ly/3VVCVBz Fear in Dating and Relationships]]
[[https://bit.ly/3VUsWfK Does the Person You're Dating Make You Smile]]
[[https://bit.ly/3VWL2Od Marrige and Happiness]]
[[https://bit.ly/3VXu8Ph Is Your Resolution to Find Love in the New Year?]]
[[https://bit.ly/3VQDqNe Disappearing Dates]]

We have groups likes Occupy the Food System. Occupy Cargill. Or Occupy Gardens springing up. Gotta love that. And yet, they remain on the margins, not terribly sexy compared to going after obnoxious bankers, corrupt politicians, and abusive police officers. Furthermore, even these groups remain human-centric in that they are based on enlightened self interest. Without quality, healthy food, people will die. Without the space to grow it, people will suffer.

But what above movements that don't offer direct benefit to people? Or direct tangible benefits to people? What if a major wing of Occupy had to do with applying the same "step back" principles I just wrote about above to humans themselves?

How might we "occupy" ecosystems in ways that mostly benefit plant and animal diversity? And how can we teach each other to recognize that doing so is not - I repeat NOT - in conflict with our efforts to overturn human oppression and economic and social injustice?

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the planet is calling us right now. It's doing everything it can to shake humanity out of it's collective slumber and stupor, out of love, but also out of a warning of what might come if we choose to remain living as many of us currently are.

The tenacity of the dandelion is living within each of us. The graceful movements of the elm are waiting to be unleashed from our hearts. We each harbor both a lion's roar and an elephant's patience.

It is absolutely time to reclaim the bold, wild, and liberated imaginations that are our birthright. Because in doing so, we are that much closer to becoming the wild and liberated people that we are each meant to be.

Dear Occupy brothers, male supporters, and all men interested in a more liberated life,

I feel mostly alone and alienated when I am amongst groups of you. I find myself stopping, looking in each of your eyes, and recognizing the familiar twisted mess that masculinity has become. Sometimes, I don't even want to look. It's just too much to handle.

Sometimes, I have a sense of superiority with this recognition. Perhaps you hear it in my words or feel it somewhere deep inside you. Or perhaps you don't feel it at all because that is what we have been trained to do: not feel. Except anger and it's various friends. Contempt. Irritation. Impatience. Rage. I know you know these, although even they are experiences you have probably never fully had.

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