I have an apology to make. I honestly thought the Green House concept was conceived to be the end all and be all of Culture Change, the bowing to the best possible end for our elders.One thing that was said today in the Green House workshop in Birmingham energized both Jim and I. We don't have enough life left to worry about anything but doing the same thing Green House adopters in 28 states have done. We can't worry about the consequences of pushing the envelope on outmoded regulations that do nothing but create busy work for our hard working state HHS regulators. Our world needs to change. Our elders deserve nothing less.
That statement? "We're still evolving." Thank you, Robert Jenkins. Thank you, St. Martins in the Pines for hosting this informative session! The weather was fabulous! Thank you, Dr. Thomas, for getting this ball rolling!
I came away with a renewed sense of doing the right thing, of being in the right place at the right time. Of one goal. ONLY the best for our generation and the generations to come.
Jim and I discussed this before we stopped for the night in Nashville, to wait out a blizzard on the way home. We won't stop. We are going to push Culture Change from the rooftops. We are going to do whatever we can.
We will endeavor for the highest form of relief. Jim said to me at dinner, "They told us it wasn't much fun to be the first. The pioneers had arrows in their backs." He paused. "What were those three things that Dr. Thomas wrote in the book [In the Arms of Elders]?"
"Loneliness, Boredom, and Helplessness," I replied. "Yes!" he said. "I'm not going to stop! I'll make them hear the news. I'm good at that."
I am so blessed.
