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?
People change and forget to tell each other. –Lillian Hellman Do not confuse doing nothing with lack of caring about the friendship. It’s about keeping your self respect. When you stop initiating after three attempts, you are essentially doing nothing. You go on with life as if the friendship has…
Yes’m, old friends is always best, ‘less you can catch a new one that’s fit to make an old one out of. ― Sarah Orne Jewett Friendships change as we change, and friends often drift apart. We form our initial friendships based on proximity – the playmate next door. As we…
The longer we ignore red flags, pretend they don’t exist, the more we disconnect from ourselves. –Sherrie Campbell If you are questioning a family relationship, especially if you are at the point of debating a reduction in contact or even cutoff, try the flags. Pull from your memories and start…
