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Daily Question, October 3

How does being in a community enrich my life?

  • sunnypatti

    It reminds me that I’m a part of something bigger than myself.

  • Howie Geib
    There are several ways community enriches my life. First it delineates and characterizes my individualism. I become more me when I am a part of a group. The contrasts and likenesses makes the detail more obvious. Community helps define me and my values. It is where I interact with culture. It is the medium in which I am planted, and so it naturally colors my psyche and personae. It provides support and the guard rails I can use or rub up against. It provides, perhaps most importantly, fellowsh...

    There are several ways community enriches my life. First it delineates and characterizes my individualism. I become more me when I am a part of a group. The contrasts and likenesses makes the detail more obvious. Community helps define me and my values. It is where I interact with culture. It is the medium in which I am planted, and so it naturally colors my psyche and personae. It provides support and the guard rails I can use or rub up against. It provides, perhaps most importantly, fellowship. It is a place I belong

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  • Lioness
    Since moving 2015 I have become part of so many communities that I was not in before. Firstly this community of Gratefulness, The Al-anon family came next, then when I moved my village embraced me with open arms, my business group welcomed my contribution, and most recently my Jetski club where I now speak and meet other members. Each one enriches my life because I am connected to others, I learn from others, I support others, I have fun with them. I have never felt so connected outside of my in...

    Since moving 2015 I have become part of so many communities that I was not in before. Firstly this community of Gratefulness, The Al-anon family came next, then when I moved my village embraced me with open arms, my business group welcomed my contribution, and most recently my Jetski club where I now speak and meet other members. Each one enriches my life because I am connected to others, I learn from others, I support others, I have fun with them. I have never felt so connected outside of my inner circle of family and friends and I am a stronger person for it.

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  • Kevin

    Let me put it this way; if I was denied the ability to live within, not just one community, but two or three concentric circles of community, I fear I would shrink, dry up and blow away as dust in the wind. Community, and being within one…at least one…is life giving and life altering.

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