What would your ideal world look like? Lynn Cummings and her husband, parents of 3 adopted children (all abused) are a mixed race family. For Lynn, a diverse neighborhood full of welcoming people, regardless of race, was the dream. Yet, when people of color began moving into Lynn’s suburban neighborhood years ago, Lynn noticed the sale signs that soon sprouted up on the lawns of her white neighbors. Lynn notes, “I was so happy to see the neighborhood that I wanted to live in and so sad to see others wanted to leave because of that.”

Long a believer in the simple phrase, “Just do your bit,” Lynn and her husband decided to do something about what they saw as an opportunity to create the welcoming environment they wanted for their children and others. They started an organization called  “Neighbors Empowering People” to stop white flight in their town. Today, Lynn’s neighbors include multiple ethnicities all engaged in a thriving community.

Being Brilliantly Resilient isn’t hard. All it really takes is action, commitment and passion for your values. When we all simply “Do our bit,” with positive intention and energy, we actually can change the world.

Tune in for more of Lynn’s wisdom on this week’s episode of the Brilliantly Resilient podcast, and be sure to listen for these additional bits of brilliance:

• Part of my motivation was to help create the world I wanted my children to live in.

• In order to make change, you have to go to the power structures. We began to work on stable integration.

• The building up of the body and the community. That’s really what resilience means.

Let’s be Brilliantly Resilient together!

XO,

Kristin and Mary Fran