Take Action

"Never confuse movement with action."

Ernest Hemingway, American Author

I think ole' Ernie had it right!  We want our girls to learn how to Take Action.  We want them to learn how to find what needs fixing/help, and take the steps to make the change.

Just as we can postpone decisions or tasks by "looking busy", so can our girls.  And that's okay!  I hear leaders tell me on a regular basis that sometimes, all the girls want is busy-ness.  It's all about talking, nails and the Oscars.  It looks like they're taking some action, but really, it's just motion.

The Journeys are a good practice for learning how to Take Action. Each Journey has a Take Action Project, and each Journey asks the girl to do the planning and thinking ahead of time before the TAP.  What a great way to learn!  These projects can be on the Journey-lite side, and they can also be robust, on the pre-Silver side,  and make more of a difference.

Movement merely looks good.

Action makes a difference in the world.