A community is a group of like-minded individuals, things or ideas. A common trait unites the members, even though they may be diverse in other ways. Common participation and interaction among the members makes any group stronger.
Key Concepts: autonomy, belonging, cooperation, fellowship, fidelity, loneliness, the other, society, solitude, teamwork
Archetypes: ant, blueberry, clover, cowbird, elk, geranium, loner, martin, monster, outcast, phlox, prairie dog, rutabaga, village, waxbill
A community is a group of like-minded individuals, things or ideas. A common trait unites the members, even though they may be diverse in many other ways. Big Ideas Communication is the key to teamwork and building community. Everyone excluded by a community weakens its strength. The exchange of ideas requires mutual respect and the […]
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Commuity quotes to celebrate the universal connection we share. Your society is the company you keep, and your milieu is the environment that shapes you.
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21 belonging quotes exploring our need to be part of something outside ourselves. Topics: common ground, the other, leaders, security, spiritual belonging.
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We all have the desire to be part of a community. This search for connection is universal, and exists even among people who think of themselves as loners. To become part of this sense of community, we have to be proactive and put ourselves out there. We have to be open to being different from
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The caretakers, healers and keepers of the hearth keep us together, keep things running and advance our lives and the enlightenment of all in incremental but steady ways. These are the people centered people of the world.They have a variety of interactions with people: small talk, offering compliments, asking questions, subtly encouraging others even in the
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Love is: adoration, worship, yearning, affection, tenderness, beloved, dear, appreciation, cherished, a treasure, devotion, regard, making giant leaps. Love makes you feel connected and hyper-alive. It is caring for another person or thing actively, without regard to its emotional or physical cost. Love is endless potential, but it must be cared for and maintained
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Recently I was called for jury duty. At first I thought of it as a mild annoyance, and held out hope that I wouldn’t have to go (in Philadelphia you call in to an automated number the night before and it tells you if you have to report or not. The last two times I
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Communication Essentials to get your ideas out in the world purpose. mission statement. Why are you doing what you are doing? vision. Where do you want to go? What is your big dream? gist. How do you want people to think about you? What is the essence of the project? niche. What do you do
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Mailer, Norris C. (2010). A Ticket to the Circus. New York: Random House. ISBN: 978-1-4000-6794-7 I love reading life stories of any kind, especially those by or about writers. So when I heard Norris Church Mailer had written a memoir, I immediately raced out and got, read it, and savored it. Then I mentioned it to
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Strout, Elizabeth (2008). Olive Kitteridge: Fiction. New York: Random House. ISBN: 9781400062089 2009 Pulitzer Prize, Fiction The most striking this about this novel is its structure: it is a landscape novel with the title character as a running theme or motif as a constant among thirteen stories. This landscape is lonely; each character essentially lives
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