What is the Jellybean Conspiracy?
(PDF) Look at a jar of jellybeans. You have to admit it’s a cheerful sight. Feast your eyes on those sweet little dumplings of sugar, pressing their pudgy faces against the glass, proudly offering themselves in a riot of colors: strawberry red, mandarin orange, lemon yellow, lime green, grape purple, licorice black and bubble-gum pink. Think about the universe in which they live. It’s a universe where every bean has its own special place and where each one at some time hears the words, so satisfying to a jellybean’s ears: “This jellybean is just right.” Now imagine a human community as a jar of jellybeans. All different sizes and shapes, some gifted one way, some another, but no person without a distinct gift and no one person ultimately more important than another. In a jellybean community, each person is recognized as having a unique and irreplaceable contribution to make and each one is able to hear the words, “This person is just right.” The Jellybean Conspiracy is a way of discove
