Welcome to my third blog. While I do a lot of what I at least consider semi-serious writing in my other blog, The Amazing Morse, I try to limit it to ideas I explore in my fiction writing. This blog will be different in that I will delve into political matters here. Hopefully not the mud-slinging, name calling kind of thing that passes for political debate nowadays, but honest thoughts about the issues of the day without a claim to having all the answers. Ideally, I would like to foster discussion, to bring many different voices into the debate so that fresh answers can be arrived at.
The name for my blog is borrowed from my friend, Joe Euclide; hopefully he doesn't mind me using it. The idea for the blog came from Adam Gauthier, who was interested in linking blogs in order to discuss issues of the day (if I'm inexact in my description, Adam, please correct me). I've come to realize over the years just how much can be accomplished through good communication, and I perhaps naively feel something can be gained from this new blog attempt. But on that note, let me share a post I originally did on one of my other blogs, as it will be a good introduction to what this blog is intended to be and do.
The Solutionist
Here’s an idea in its infancy, a mere babe in its swaddling clothes that could easily perish through neglect or disinterest. And yet the idea, though small as a mustard seed, has vast potential if people can find their way to it. It is not my idea, but already I think that just by my awareness of it, it has already grown somewhat beyond the sole ownership of its originator. See, that’s the thing; I don’t want to tell you what it is supposed to mean, rather I’d like to tell you what it means to me. And from there, you are welcome to share it with others as you see fit, allowing the basic idea to grow as people contribute to it.
The name for my blog is borrowed from my friend, Joe Euclide; hopefully he doesn't mind me using it. The idea for the blog came from Adam Gauthier, who was interested in linking blogs in order to discuss issues of the day (if I'm inexact in my description, Adam, please correct me). I've come to realize over the years just how much can be accomplished through good communication, and I perhaps naively feel something can be gained from this new blog attempt. But on that note, let me share a post I originally did on one of my other blogs, as it will be a good introduction to what this blog is intended to be and do.
The Solutionist
Here’s an idea in its infancy, a mere babe in its swaddling clothes that could easily perish through neglect or disinterest. And yet the idea, though small as a mustard seed, has vast potential if people can find their way to it. It is not my idea, but already I think that just by my awareness of it, it has already grown somewhat beyond the sole ownership of its originator. See, that’s the thing; I don’t want to tell you what it is supposed to mean, rather I’d like to tell you what it means to me. And from there, you are welcome to share it with others as you see fit, allowing the basic idea to grow as people contribute to it.
Here is a link to a blog post I recently read: http://www.thesolutionist.us/?p=88
It goes beyond a simple question, actually. The author of that brief post is also the author of a book called The Solutionist, which can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/kindle/dp/B0076B3CII
The basic premise, if I may provide my own take on it, is that through working and communicating together we can make the world a better place by improving the processes we use in every area of our lives.
Again, it is a simple idea, but its simplicity does make it any less worthwhile. Most of us care about the world and the people in it and would like to do what we could to make it a better place. But most of us don’t do anything because we really don’t know where to start, or because we are really not sure which is the best way to go about it.
Well here is a place to start. As for the best way to go about it, let’s talk amongst ourselves and together fashion workable ways to solve the world’s problems. Which problems am I talking about? All of them, or at least whichever ones are important to you, whichever ones you think you can assist with. Here is a flag planted in the ground around which we can rally. Let’s start now and get the ball rolling. It can be done, we only need to have the belief required to begin the task. It is not a task any one of us can do alone, but it can be done when a determined group of people work together without personal agendas. It is not about one’s religion, politics, or philosophy, it is about changing the way we do things as a society in order to make the world a better place. It is doable, if we wish to do it. Let’s start today. The world's problems are not insurmountable, though it often can seem that way because we can not see above the ruts in which we are stuck.
As I said, this is my own personal take on the book and the idea of Joe Euclide. But I believe he would not claim the term “solutionist” to refer to himself alone, but to anyone desiring to find answers to the problems that face us today. And as I also said, this is but a single beginning, a rallying point for those interested in improving our world. Who knows what it could become? It has the potential to grow far beyond a simple blog, or a simple book. Where it goes is up to you, and to solutionists everywhere.
