Out on The Road to Resilience we call our fellow travelers, Road Warriors. Anyone making the intentional choice to engage in community and bring spiritual resilience to ordinary spaces is a Road Warrior. A Road Warrior finds meaning and purpose in community and is out there every day reclaiming the spiritual frontier.
We use The Road Sign to identify ourselves with The Road to Resilience movement.
It represents an understanding of the process, a commitment to community, and our shared spiritual heritage. When you throw up The Road Sign, it means you’re committed to the principles of community, action, compassion, gratitude, and faith. The Road Sign lets fellow travelers know you’ve got their back, that you support them, and that you're lifting your lamp in ordinary places. It means you are a Road Warrior.
But what's it mean
The handshake, the salute, the peace sign, the
wave, the hug, even the big fat juicy kiss! Whatever our
community, we greet them through physical gestures. These gestures represent feelings, emotions, and
commitments we don't always have an opportunity to express through words. Throughout history, gestures
have been used to show solidarity to a cause, loyalty to a mission, or peace when encountering a
stranger. Now we're introducing a new contender, The Road Sign. Yeah, it looks cool, identifies you as a
Road Warrior, but it's also packed with meaning and purpose.
The Five Fingers
Each of the Five fingers represents one of the
Tools of Resilience. The thumb represents Community,
your first, middle, and ring, represent Action, Compassion, and Gratitude, and the pinky represents
Faith. Putting a thumb against your chest reminds you of the commitment you've made to intentionalize
community. The next three fingers represent the compassion / gratitude exchange, a continuous and vital
cycle on The Road to Resilience. The pinky, pointed outward toward a fellow traveler, is a sign of moving
forward together, into the unknown, through faith.
Fellow Travelers
We
are using The Road Sign to identify fellow
travelers on The Road to Resilience. We want to let them
know they are seen, and supported while moving through this time of physical distancing, and great
unknowns. That we are all part of a larger community, ready to move down The Road to Resilience
together. That is the cooperative strength of the American Spirit. Take up this call to action.
Shine your light.
Show your Road Sign!