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  The world feels really heavy right now. When we hear about wars, people losing their homes, the climate crisis, it's easy to be paralyzed with fear and feel insignificant. It's almost like we're in a forest on fire and we're standing at the edge, not knowing if anything we can do is making a difference. But then there's a legend about a hummingbird. While all the other animals stood paralyzed watching their forest burn, the tiny hummingbird flew to the stream, picked up a single drop of water, and carried it back to the flames, over and over again. While the other animals mocked it, the hummingbirds simply turned to them and said, I'm doing the best that I can. I'm doing the best that I can. This is the new Hummingbird Collective Podcast. I'm your host, Sarah Noble, the head of global engagement, creative peace building, and inner development at the Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation. Here, we acknowledge that the forest fires of our world exist, and rather than turning away, we choose to do something about them. Across this series, we're going to be hearing and meeting people who are bringing their own drops of water to the fires of our time, and together helping lift our illusion of insignificance. Our method is intercultural dialogue, the art of listening and speaking across our differences. We're going to use storytelling to move beyond labels and headlines reminding us of the human heart and that we are more similar than we are different. Join me for real conversations about how we find our way when the world feels like it's burning. How do we keep going when things feel helpless? How do we build belonging when everything around us has changed? Through stories of crossing borders, building communities, and facing personal challenges, we will hear directly from people who have found their voice, their power and their place. Every episode will end with the Be the Change practice, which is something that you can do right away to create your own drop of water in your own life and in your community. Subscribe now and let's be the change together.