Community is About What We Are Willing to Feel
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Community is About What We Are Willing to Feel
Feeling disconnected. Intimacy is built on sharing weaknesses, and friendship involves sharing vulnerabilities.
John Townsend • Safe People: How to Find Relationships That Are Good for You and Avoid Those That Aren't
because it’s scary to confront the truth that almost everything worth doing, from marriage and parenting to business or politics, depends on cooperating with others, and therefore on exposing yourself to the emotional uncertainties of relationships.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Community means a lot of things to a lot of people. Whether it’s your local running group, a book club, your gym squad, family, or membership in an exclusive club, belonging to something is meaningful. Our identities, while obviously unique to us, are so shaped by the influence and power of community that it remains a biologically human need to hav... See more
Emilie Kormienko • Build it and they will come - or will they?
a community is defined not by common interests or physical space, but as “a group of people who share mutual concern for one another”. It’s the difference between someone you feel you could call on for help in the event of a 3am plumbing emergency, versus “someone you technically ate pizza with” once.
Elle Hunt • I want community – but am I prepared to put the work in?
intimacy is expressed as strong inter-member empathy and the elusive condition of trust.