"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.
