FINDING OUR WAY IN UNCHARTED TIMES

Personal Agency, expressed as applied citizenship for positive political change, is a muscle we all must use.

A sextant was an indispensable navigation tool in the early days of European ocean-going discovery.

Heisenberg's Theory of Uncertainty in quantum science says you can tell where something is or where it's going but you can't do both at the same time.

Moderate, informed, aware, educated Albertans know where we are, personally and collectively. We are also very uncertain as to where we are going, personally and as a province, in these turbulent times. .

FINDING OUR WAY

In early the days of maritime explorers, like Columbus and Magellan, a sextant could tell you where you are and where you're going. Are you on or off course, and what must you do to make necessary changes and corrections.

But you needed an irrefutable constant to determine where you are. For those using a sextant, that constant was the North Star.

As you navigate through your citizenship journey as an independent citizen, and a voter, do you have your personal North Star?

What fact-based principles, or articles of faith, do you use as your known and reliable constants? Have you considered and calculated what is happening in your life-experiencing reality?

Do you know where you are as an Albertan? Are you clear on how you got to your current reality? And are your clear about what you want in your future and how to find your way forward?

THERE BE DRAGONS

Alberta is entering into uncharted waters caused by events and issues beyond our control. pandemics, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Israel and Gaza, Energy Transition, Economic Turbulence, Social Upheavals, and so many more changes are coming at us as Albertans.

TIME TO EXERCISE PERSONAL AGENCY

There are still many things we can do personally, and in groups, to respond actively and positively to these dynamics, and to make the changes we want to actually happen. We do have personal agency and can take control of some aspects of our political culture after the last election.

As thoughtful proud Albertans and loyal Canadians, we can apply our agency to take Control of our political nsrrative, create policy Alternatives, and Delete the dangers to our democracy.

IF NOT THIS, THEN WHAT?

The question for us then, is will we take back Control? Will we set out on an Alternative course from the failing of the past and present? Will we be wise enough to Delete the harmful actions and assumptions of the past and oresent? Will we explore and Reboot ourselves and our province to co-create a 21st century Alberta?

Elections are prime times to define new directions and get moving into new future-fit destinations. Are you getting ready, as a citizen, to take effective election-time action? We are facing some radical right-wing takeover risks at local and school board elections in October.

What shall we do to make the changes we want to see in provincial public policy, government programs and political processes? Do you accept that an informed citizenry and purposeful voting, is a personal duty in a Free and Democratic Society?

A BETTER ALBERTA NEEDS BETTER VOTERS AND CITIZENS.

We will not get a Better Alberta until we become Better Citizens and that requires us to become Better Voters.

Are you willing to do what you can to become a Better Voter these local election and beyond? That means investing your time to decide what is important to you and your family in these uncertain times for Alberta.

It means taking the time to step up and raise your awareness of what's happening, and improving the quality of your information on issues and events.

Then are you able to invest and donate into the democratic process? Will you donate to a local candidate, or an interest group that is active in pressing for change in a policy area that concerns you?

Remember, democracy is influenced and government is run by those who show up.

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A Haiku inspired by this post.

BE THE CHANGE

Things are going to change

Take control of what you can

Be the change you want.