The above Figure is a record of the dates of joining of members of the FM ning. Initials are used for names of FM members. It is intriguing how many people (14) I was able to sign-up to the FM ning on my birthday (April 18, 2015). Like all these initiatives they dissolve in enthusiasm quickly after the initial support. The difficult part of sustaining growth and development in an organization is the ongoing active attraction of others beyond my closer circle of friends and colleagues. I am pleased to see that overall there is in the years since 2015 a relatively stable growth in FM members and 2017 (as of Sept. 25) is proving a very good year of growth, and that is exciting to me. Also, i colored the JN JL AG (summer months) as particularly interesting because in 2016-17 this is when 36% of all FM members signed-up--so, we may want to think about that as a good recruiting time.
It is all of our responsibility as a community in support of the Fearlessness Movement to "connect" with our fellow travellers in some way, either on or off of the FM ning site. All of these members can be found on the ning, and/or if you want to look up and contact someone, you can email me, and I'll give you suggestions if you want. With 44 members we can really do something if we pull together and honor that each of us is a member, each of us has an interest in the same basic topic and mission, which is to promote a better understanding of Fear and Fearlessness in this world and encourage and nurture the Fearlessness Movement as an educational and activist operation. The opportunities are endless.
I look forward to any suggestions and/or initiatives you may wish to try on the FM ning to enhance our collective synergy and effectiveness amongst ourselves and in the big world. Let's remember: We require a balance of "what can the FM do for you" AND "what can you do for the FM movement"--that is the way to healthy sustainability.
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Moving from Courage to Fearlessness is all about trusting the universe once a courageous commitment to action occurs. I offer for this group that this can be less difficult than one may think if we approach it using our "original instructions." Like Edgar Mitchell, the 6th man to walk on the moon, once wrote: "Only a handful of visionaries have recognized that Indigenous wisdom can aid the transition to a sustainable world." And courage/bravery/fearlessness is a deep aspect of such wisdom.
I just received a note from my sister whereby she recorded some descriptors my Dad left behind about his time in WWII in a B-24. It made me think about how moving from courage to fearlessness requires goals that serve humanity and I don't think war is one of them. Dad was certainly courageous to face what he did, but the fact that PTSD and alcoholism followed shows that fearlessness was neither up there in the B-24 nor should it have been. I share: