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Community and Change

By Bamboo In The Wind


How often a group is seen to be behaving inexplicably efficiently and steadfastly towards a cause? They say good behaviour is contagious. Indeed, that is often the case. Take for example the joggers club, the running club, the bikers group, meditation group, the reading club, hikers club, volunteer to teach.

What is common across this group is they lead to a an action. When we feel like doing something, what we need is an environment that provides impetus for action.

So does a Group or a community based participation provide that we individually do not have?

Communities provide opportunity to see and be seen. It has secure place to give and get; share and seek help, listen and offer help; create and learn. All in a manner where we have no fear that someone will judge you for your failures.

Secure places give us the self-reassurance and more importantly an opportunity to to take risks and go do what we intended to do and get ourselves out of inaction. Action produce new interactions and new experiences.

First step towards fulfilment and progress is to find a community that has likeminded people with interests you have been planning to pursue and become a generous contributor to it.


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