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24Dec/110

Communities

I've kind of realized that life is made up of communities.  All of the people that I know come from specific communities.  Or I guess I could call them circles of friends.  Or like the lion king song circle of life.

 

 

Kinda like that.  So if I think back... I've belonged to a lot of groups of people...  I mean let's see...

Family would start it.  Then there's schooling.  So preschool, school, post school... etc. Or elementry, middle, high, college... I think I could also say that being part of after-school activities is also like a community, so when I was in boy scouts.

Then there's the different places of works... teaching skiing... working at camp... working at my current job.

There's also church... so I meet people through that.  Then I think technically open mics are kind of like a community.  So I meet people through that.  Then there's people I've met through online community.  Or just friends of friends who then become my friends too!  Or maybe I become their friends.

I guess the last thing I can think of is living communities.  So meeting people where I live.  I haven't met a lot of people where I'm at now but I have met a couple.  I just met one of the neighbors for my new place that I'm going to be moving to.  The new place feels a lot more like a smaller tight knit community.

So  i really think I'm going to be interacting more with the people where I'll be moving to.  As well they have things like association meetings for the whole condo and all the people that live there.  So I'll get to have a say in what goes on where I live.  That's kinda neat!  I don't mind community living.  That's how camp is.  But it's also how the dorms were in college.  I enjoyed both settings so hopefully living in this new community will be fun too.

Part of me wants to live in the middle of the woods in the middle of no where but another part of me likes the setting of being close to others in a shared community.  I think there are ups and downs to both living situations.  But I find that the best mix is to have your own space... but to me in a community setting.  So have people around when you want to socialize but then be able to take space to your own when you need it.  Sometimes it's good to have both!

So that's what I was thinking about tonight... that idea of communities.  I think a lot of our living situations growing up are based around living in small community groups together.  Sometimes too I wonder how that has shaped me as a person.  I know that being in the work community I've been in for the past 6 years has definitely had a super positive influence on me.  As well more recently attending church and being part of that community has also most definitely had a super positive influence.  Of course camp is just awesome and then my family is always very helpful.  School is cool... although I didn't really have a good time in highschool... skiing I loved... so yea I think it's all been pretty beneficial and helpful to me in this little journey of life that i'm on.  I hope that my new community when it happens in a few months will be just as positive of an influence on me as all the other places I've known.

So that's my thought for today/tonight.  Communities that I've belonged to and how they have shaped me.  I guess some other communities that I know of are maybe hanging out at coffee shops.  Or meet up groups are kind of like communities too!  I guess even the gym could be like one.  Or maybe volunteering together.  So people who do habitat for humanity and such.  Those can be communities.  I suppose even sports teams are like communities too.  Clubs... as well.

What sort of communities does anyone else belong to?  Are they positive influences or negative influences in your life?  Did you learn anything valuable from being part of that community?  If given the chance even for a short period of time would you return to that community again?

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