My dilemma rests with how to transform the energy that we periodically exert to discuss and act to eliminate negative social dynamics into sustained energy to create the world in which we want to live. We draw upon different energy sources when we are working to eliminate than when we are seeking to create. To eliminate we must in some way focus on destruction. In that mode we can utilize anger, frustration, rage and other emotions that allow for randomness in our actions. To create we must act with care.
Creative people draw upon their passion, work toward a vision and act with thoughtfulness.
We would act differently in our relationships if we were to be motivated by what we want to create, as opposed to what we want to eliminate. Eliminative organizations and creative organizations behave quite differently. Eliminative groups seem to find alignment with the warring ideals traditionally used by systems of control. Somehow we have not seemed to catch the contradictions inherent in waging a war on hate. Creative communities set their aspirations at the level of what it wants for its members, as opposed to what it doesn't want.