Lee Everding's Visioning Circle

Tolerance; Unconditional love; Compassion; Love of family; Friendship; Openness; Love of enemy; Honesty; Listening; Persistence; Generosity of spirit; Opportunities; Humility; Strong work ethic; Personal values; Intelligences; Respect for others; Self-confidence; Understanding; Gratitude; Relationships; Talking; Humor; Sympathy; Perseverance; Enthusiasm; Sharing; Empathy; Determination.

Supportive of people who are different; People are kind to each other; Educated; Connected; Compassionate; Diverse; Participatory; Struggling; Empowering; People are encouraged to think for themselves; Reconciling; Just; Prosperous; Sustainable; Loving; Law-abiding; Accommodating; Supportive; Safe; Hospitable; Equitable; Inclusive; Time for relationships; Community that communicates; Art-culture-vibrant; Growth/development; Community that doesn’t know boundaries; is fluid; Dynamic instead of static; Connected to services; Feel compassion; Support systems that really work for people and their families; Intellectually challenging; Everyone has chance 4 meaningful participation in a way that works for them; Sense of personal freedom; Freed from fear; Education for all including undocumented immigrants; Equality of opportunity for disenfranchised; Safety for all; Ability to accept limitations; Equitable sharing of limited resources; Parks and open spaces; Clean air & water; Safe Water; Self-sufficiency; Community with balance; Sharing cultural differences; Sharing and tolerance of spiritual/religious differences; People don’t have to worry about catching diseases; Health care for all; Individual responsibility; Every family has ability and opportunity to support themselves; Leisure time – time for hiking, recreation, etc.; Peaceful; Lots of bike lanes; Government is partisan to welfare of the people.

All of the above! Governed by people motivated by service rather than ego; Listens to other countries; We see the inhabitants of the world as one; one spiritual source; Articulates & pursues long-term goals; Aligning our behavior with our set of principles, integrity; Strong, economically successful, prosperous country throughout population; Protects us and democratic values; Governed by people of integrity and honesty; Works with other countries for the common good of the cosmos; Everybody is aware of and buys into an underlying set of principles; Recognize differences and appreciate them; Leaders who embody our values and inspires us; Country where opportunity is really equal; Commitment to an ongoing evaluation of the bill of rights; Appreciation of artistic and creative endeavors; Celebrates and supports ‘real’ education; Education that supports goals enumerated, values of our country; Education equips people to live successfully- hopeful, good life; Educational system and civic environment promotes active citizenship; Education that develops people, given them tools to become who they are; Ethical education incorporating personal resilience to deal with reality and adversity; Appreciation of all kinds of work, rather than judging what is more valuable; Appreciate spiritual, not just material; People really do come together; We can trust our leaders, our country, our community; Technologies need to be developed to meet needs; Country willing to learn and willing to teach; Exudes power through example rather than by force; Rise to the challenge of First Amendment rights – freedom of speech versus hate; Continues to reengineer itself; When things get tough, we come together; We use energy resources realistically; We consider needs of whole planet’s population; Manhattan project for sustainable energy; No one lives in poverty; Educate kids to interpret media, see through propaganda; A new media; Media promotes understanding of metaphor/reality; Country that loves and celebrates children and seniors; Media redefining itself: ; - Educate/inform to help us sort through all of information we receive; - Analyze/discern to judge what’s right or wrong; Educated public – realize how people frame issues; Resolve tension between freedom of speech and personal responsibility; Respects diverse, moral, religious, sexual values.

No border, no county, no fences, no locks; “Imagine”; Peace; Free airlines; Free gas; Strong coalition for cohesive, collaborative work together between nations; Jean-Luc Picard is commander; Everybody plays by the same agreed upon set of rules; Happiness index; New system for sharing wealth; totally different paradigm/economic system; Lots of travel; People get to know each other everywhere; One monetary system; Everyone has same economic opportunity; Respect for all kids of work instead of GDP; well-being and happiness index; We don’t judge people by the kind of work they do; “Green” world, literally, trees, etc; Our kids can have more hope than we have; Where women aren’t at risk for their lives; No greed; Respect for ethnic diversity while recognizing we’re all passengers on spaceship Earth; Discoveries in health care are equally shared; More attention to lifestyle prevention and responsibility; Access to health care for all; Universal commitment to addressing important issues, including environmental sustainability; Without violence; No arms, anger; Viagra and birth control pills are treated equally; Reciprocity and equal partnership and power between sexes; Understanding what population each can sustain and maintaining that; No Taliban, no extremism; World without collective ego and more interdependence; More beyond power seeking and wealth accumulative; Power with instead of power over; Institutions that work in the modern world; Promote a culture of sharing and selflessness; A little more universal altruism; Raised spiritual awareness; That we are all the same spiritual natures – with different ways of expressing this ; Don’t get caught in ‘my way is the right way’.