How flourishing works
Over 60+ years of serving communities and organizations, we have discovered that people across cultures build meaningful lives through three interconnected ways of being.
Relational
You don’t flourish alone. We're built for connection. Flourishing always involves relationships, whether it’s with the people you love, your community, the land you live on, or the wider world around you. The form changes, but an underlying truth keeps showing up: you flourish because of who and what you're connected to.
Adaptive
Life changes, you keep growing. Change is constant: loss, uncertainty, transformation. Flourishing means moving through these moments without losing what's important to you. It's the ability to adapt, learn, and stay connected to the people and purposes that matter, even when everything around you shifts.
Purposeful
You act on what matters. Flourishing is something you do. It's taking action on what you care about, pursuing commitments that feel meaningful, and showing up for what matters. This might be raising your kids, creating art, serving your community, practicing your religion, or building something new. The content varies; what's universal is that you're actively engaged in living out your values.
The Spark
The spark of flourishing happens as these three forces come together. Like a wildflower grows thanks to the interaction of its roots, the soil microorganisms and the light of the sun, the combination of strong relationships, adaptability and purposeful action awakens the human spirit’s capacity for thriving.
