Inspired Wondering
On a recent morning having completed my daily quiet time, I sat gazing at one of the beautiful trees, both in their fullness. I picked up my iPad and read a newsletter from McKinsey’s Leading Off: A Leader's Guide To Understanding Quantum Technologies-Prepare To Reboot. (Dear reader, if you’d like to hear more about my morning routine, contact me–I’ll share the details!)
McKinsey’s excellent newsletter speaks about the importance of combining different technologies to create quantum computing that we are anticipating will take over the world. A lightbulb went off in my head–a good way to start my morning! I wondered: could this new technology elevate Humanity? Will we finally recognize we all have something to contribute to the world, and to the planet? Could this allow us to transcend the unkind barriers we've erected?
Could we finally disregard the color of our skin, (after all we all bleed red when our skin is cut), the culture we’ve grown up in, the language we speak, the education we have been afforded? Combining-coming together to make something new-at its stark reality reminds us of procreation, the creation of a son or daughter. We combine things to make new things.
Norah O’Donald recently interviewed Pope Francis. Optimistic, he spoke about the heartbeat of humanity. He spoke with a sense of inspiration and wonder.
And so I ask you, my readers, as the world embarks on this quantum journey, to consider your sphere of influence. How might you encourage your family, friends, or your employees to overcome their fears to enter a space of inspired wonder each day?
What if you focus as much on people as you do on technology, profit, and shareholder value? What might shift for you? If we take a lesson from quantum computing, what could you as an integral part of humanity create?
Saving our world, being kind and welcoming to those wanting to join us, being contemplative each day, appreciating that joy and intelligence are also aspects of wealth and abundance? What might we create together? Dare I say love!
I ask you, lovely reader: what would you like to create?