Since setting out on newer paths, I have come to see firsthand that we have within each of us the potential to channel creative energies towards stimulating serendipitous events. Our global communities are entering into complex and chaotic phases of societal transformation where the outcomes are not known. In these newer, uncertain, socioeconomic frontiers, ideas and their manifestations are considered precious currency. Creatively charged conditions, conducive to an advent of social invention and innovation, will draw us closer to that Breakpoint when emerging trends become accepted into mainstream society. Unleashing our creative potential can only sharpen our sensitivities to what unprecedented opportunities serendipity has always been so willing to reveal.
Many discoveries made in life are beyond our control.
For example, ten years ago, I met a middle-aged man who after setting ambitious plans for the rest of his life, discovered he had cerebral palsy. In the wink of an eye everything changes. Perspective has everything to do with transforming abstract moments in time into a potential for serendipitous discoveries. His bath water overflowing, Archimedes focused on the displacement of bodies instead of the inconvenience of a messy floor. Uncle Burke is a well-read man.