“We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race.”
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The Warmth of Community
“It is not more bigness that should be our goal. We must attempt, rather, to bring people back to…the warmth of community, to the worth of individual effort and responsibility…and of individuals working together as a community, to better their lives and their children’s future.” —Robert F. Kennedy
Caring for Each Other — an oldie but goodie
This month I have decided to bring back an old post from 2017. This is still timely today. CARING FOR EACH OTHER I have been blessed to have experience several wonderful examples of community throughout my life so far. I grew up in a church that was a close, loving “church family.” We cared forContinue reading “Caring for Each Other — an oldie but goodie”
Differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight
“If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life’s exciting variety, not something to fear.” ― Gene Roddenberry
You can make the impossible possible
“What I try to tell young people is that if you come together with a mission, and its grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.” — John Lewis Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/community
We must become bigger than we have been
“We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.” — Haile Selassie Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/community
The Need for Connection and Community
The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food.” —Dean Ornish Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/community
The Key to the Happy Life
‘We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections to community.” — Paul Bloom Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/community
Our ambitions must be broad enough…
“We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community… Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.” — Cesar Chavez Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/community
Communication Leads to Community
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. –Rollo May Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/community
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