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?
The path to freedom is illuminated by the bridges you have burned, adorned by the ties you have cut, and cleared by the drama you have left behind. –Steve Maraboli If your family is lacking more of the essentials than it is providing, or worse, is toxic and painful for you,…
Intimacy Passion Commitment In order for a relationship to flourish, three more essentials must be added to the mix: passion, intimacy and commitment. As a couple’s therapist I begin a session with “What is working”? Their spontaneous answers reveal a great deal. I listen and watch for the first three, reciprocity, reliability…
Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act. –Paulo Coelho Choosing to do nothing while you watch and wait things out may be the most prudent in a work environment. Hopefully, you have used your tools, and you have a solid idea of what you…
