A concise guide to dealing with other people, living your best life and connecting in disonnected times.
Checklist for Community Self Reflection
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We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say it’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem, then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes. –Fred Rogers
Use a checklist for self-evaluation to see how you are doing in relationship to creating and maintaining a healthy sense of community and belonging:
Reciprocity: Do I do what I can to create a sense of connection and genuine community? Reliability: Am I a reliable, helpful member of my community or neighborhood? Respect: Do I acknowledge and show respect to those who keep my neighborhood functioning?
There’s nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing. –Jennifer Aniston Reliability is the friend you can count on. It is the friend that has your back. They show up when they say they will and do what they said they would do. I once overheard a young woman tearfully…
For every complex problem, there’s a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. –H.L. Mencken When it is time to address issues in your relationships your choices come down to three basic options: do nothing, communicate or leave. Within each are infinite variations. Before you explore your options decide: Am…
Someone can love you deeply, but if they don’t have the emotional skills to care for the relationship, it will be a rough road. – Yung Pueblo In families we tend to do what we do because it is what we have always done – even when it is not working. When…
