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THE NEED FOR COUNTDOWN 2001 We fmd ourselves moving rapidly from an old age inw a new one —one not yet fully revealed nor we may not agree on where we are heading, there is no doubt that We future will fc n en, Although Y nnnal stage we are in now and the era be markedly different from the past Tt,c r [thos as , COUNTrIo� ,.:n. a; avorks that work for today require perspcarves a„d s..,.., ...ff?rent from those that have worked in rite p - 2001 was created es help individuals and institutions develop newfrsm. and tomorrow. Of the possible. Thomas Jefferson said. "1 like the dreamsis difficult our safer/ needs to focus y what iset most of us are afraid or enable to dream and starve fumre better than tite history of the past," Y a world without hungersan battlers to imagine ute possibility of a world without tear ana We need w bran tend selfimpo is are respe � ro ye impossible. indeed, the lion, a world in which all human righ s every day tltat were thong and recogniu that purple are doing thing ssible. first step in doing extraonlinary acts is w believe they are lb robable and ask ourulvPs ru' forecasts of what kind of future is p .ff You don't know We need w move beyond the ehar kind o[ future is Preferable?" The saying, the mote i :.poaatit question, where you want to go, any road will get you titer!" is a reminder that trends and fo��rilp only • journey to tomor ow should not be mistaken for the desired factors that d[maps t+�at hfuture elp in the jY are�seful wo's if used pt°perly, but eY Guideposts destination at our progress ro ess Looking at our problems without also looking u that we We need to celebrate cur p gr zin the advances humanity has made helps us to rrali can throw us off balance. Recogri g have the capacity tomake a better world together and strengthens our willwilL rformance is far active rather than the negative. this is not w deny that the negatives We need to focus on what is positive. Recent research demonstrates that ouc� produce richer better when we focus on the positive positive images es of the TO et where we want to be by starting with PO sirive images exist—i[ is just that we should team that building our future on results We are much more L'ke problems of today. future than by beginning The need to identify and commun'-cate positivetmages cf a better tomorrow is essential for young Everywhere y r le express fears of nuclear desrmcdon and ss a Of help' a people today tun, people the United States, the majority of peopleand alcohol abuse lessness. For the first time in the history than th y themselves have had. Drug many Young gloomier life for the upcoming generation c s toms of the despair felt by views of and soaring suicide rates among teenagers are tragic Ym2 school children'. i world Of Overthat Xii elemertary arents,age,"th people today. In a recent survey lot" byd e time they are their p negative the future, loss than one-tW,-d one gtanagreed ait i now ... ithout positive allemati^es, these will be a better place for every images can become self-fulfilling, deswcdve prophesies. and leading our,,,odd. The We need w develop' larger perspective or f;-snework for understanding new, and is a particularly appropriate time to take a broader view. lwher 'e�are haMe rum of the century P o le are narurzlly string where they have been, moment" -- a time when pep the connections across uez and s uonspace or where they want to go. We need ;o look at the big Picture— developed ,hat we usually do not take the time to consider. Daniel Bl°heyh a noomag c tan m s sous " the last turn of the century. said, "Make no small Plans'