Find Fabulous Friends

Find Fabulous Friends

While you’re engaged with the

long, challenging, and rewarding

work of changing the world, you’ll

need some good friends sharing

the journey with you.

You’ll need friends who will lift

you up (and whom you can lift

up in return), not people who will

bring you down. Imagine telling

each of your friends about your

lifelong goals and dreams. How

would each of them respond?

Would they say “That’s sounds

nice, but it’s pretty impractical”?

Or would they say “That’s

amazing! I can’t wait to see

you achieve all these wonderful

things!”

Since you’re still reading, you’re

probably passionate about making

the world a better place. Imagine

sharing this manifesto with each

of your friends. Would they roll

their eyes and say “Those are some

pretty big ideas, but it’ll never

work”? Or would they be moved

to tears, jump up and down

excitedly, and ask “Where can I

sign up?”

You need more of the up-anddown-

jumpers in your life, and

fewer of the eye-rollers. The eyerollers

are poisonous and will sap

your energy and motivation. The

up-and-down-jumpers will share

their enthusiasm with you, you’ll

share yours with them, and you’ll

both help each other.

N ere, the issue of gay rights becomes

personal rather than political - and that’s

when real change begins.

If you diversify your monkeysphere and

encourage others to do the same, we can

heal these control-paradigm ills and create a

connection paradigm.

Make friends with people from different cultures,

connect with people who live differently. Be kind

to people you disagree with. Be yourself, and as

others get to know you, they’ll be diversifying their

monkeyspheres, too.

Connect with others.

Change the world.

Be yoursel