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We Are Community by Lillian Gaffney

8/16/2010

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"The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. ~ William James 

What is community? When I think of community, I see it as a place of belonging, a being a part of where we give and receive. Community is a center where we come together as equals sharing our gifts and love with each other. It's people being open to each other and accepting.

Community is where we build relationships of meaning. There lie memories, that may or may not be endearing. Sometimes, in that center is conflict to which we can learn resolution.

Community is a gathering of hearts and souls with various backgrounds that make-up the individuals. Community creates unity and bonds us beyond our little worlds of self. It is an extension of ourselves that expands outwardly making connections, making a difference in whatever shape or form that does in fact expand the whole. 


Community to me helps us grow and change...given the "right" kind of support we are the better for it. It is a place where our commonality is the same: a desire to be a part of the bigger picture. It is a group of individuals honoring each others uniqueness as we meld into one.

Lillian Gaffney:  Journal Writer/Creative Artist/
Healer/Facilitator/Coach
http://lilliangaffney.com/

Please find Lillian's original post on Heart Path Coach's Facebook page:  http://www.facebook.com/heartpathcoach
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Community Means Wholeness ~ Linda Jenkins

8/5/2010

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"Community means wholeness~A place or state of mind where each of us hold the safety, health, and well-being of the entire neighborhood at heart. Community is a place where children laugh and play in the tall field grass; where every neighbor has a vegetable and flower garden; where trees are the rule, and butterflies, june bugs, lady bugs, and earth babies abound. It is about accountability and responsibility~where every child belongs to each of us, and is therefore responsible for good behavior. It is the place where I grew up and will forever hold sacred."  by Linda Jenkins

Thank you Linda for your poetic and passionate words on community!  I love that it's everyone's responsibility to hold the space for "safety, health and well-being" for the group!

I can feel the bliss arise from your examples you so poetically shared. Community is sacred!  Thank you for your inspiring contribution with "Community Means Wholeness"!
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