Steve Baldwin, artist and co-creator of the Dying to Live Again Foundation talks about the Village. He is referring to the sense of community, not the legal definition defined by Wikipedia or on the pages of some legal document. In the past, the sense of community spawned from clan, a tribe, or an extended family and served as sounding board, caretaker, advisor and mentor. Yet given the characteristics of modern society including the movement away from our childhood homes and relatives, our village begins to looks much different now. Perhaps it is time we shift and seriously consider that we are all of the One—and in spite of our shared interests or lack thereof, our perceptions on life or our nerdy colleague or wacky neighbors—the question becomes, how do we connect with our tribe and reach out in support and love to another?
This is a blog not a thesis paper, but let me throw a few things out worth pondering.
It is easy to check on our best friends, but I challenge you to call upon someone—whomever—that immediately comes to mind and offer a kind word—a trip to the grocery store or 15 minutes of your time, understanding and love. (All it may be for you is a hand-wave to a neighbor.) We need to shift from having to being—a reprioritization of our values—which seems to be happening at a very subtle level. Just like the pebble tossed into the pond, the ripples which energetically are sent out across the pond change the dynamics when lives are touched. Shifts begin and are sent to each other whether we know of the act of kindness or not. This transformation does not occur by replacing one limited circle with another, instead, it stretches us to reach out to another just like explorers and pioneers in an unexplored, untapped potential. This time it is with one another. Drop your fear, and use your intuition and instinct and begin to create your own unique village by lending time, service, and understanding to another.
This is a blog not a thesis paper, but let me throw a few things out worth pondering.
It is easy to check on our best friends, but I challenge you to call upon someone—whomever—that immediately comes to mind and offer a kind word—a trip to the grocery store or 15 minutes of your time, understanding and love. (All it may be for you is a hand-wave to a neighbor.) We need to shift from having to being—a reprioritization of our values—which seems to be happening at a very subtle level. Just like the pebble tossed into the pond, the ripples which energetically are sent out across the pond change the dynamics when lives are touched. Shifts begin and are sent to each other whether we know of the act of kindness or not. This transformation does not occur by replacing one limited circle with another, instead, it stretches us to reach out to another just like explorers and pioneers in an unexplored, untapped potential. This time it is with one another. Drop your fear, and use your intuition and instinct and begin to create your own unique village by lending time, service, and understanding to another.
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