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The Bantu philosophy of "ubuntu" focuses on the power of community
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“Community offers the promise of belonging and calls for us to acknowledge our interdependence. To belong is to act as an investor, owner, and creator of this place. To be welcome, even if we are strangers. As if we came to the right place and are affirmed for that choice.”
“People will be accountable and committed to what they have a hand in creati
Good communities incubate innovation and creativity – think of the salons in France where intellectuals used to meet to discuss the latest ideas; the Olympia Academy; la Bande de Picasso. A feeling of belonging allows people to be authentic, to move from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset, and to take risks knowing that they have people to ... See more
Community-building — amanda ngo
But I think my favorite part of learning in community is that you have the opportunity to be generous. You get to help other people in their journey instead of fixating only on your own.
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Gregory Boyle ministers to gang members in Los Angeles and captures the difference between a life lived for self and one lived for others: “Compassion is always, at its most authentic, about a shift from the cramped world of self-preoccupation into a more expansive place of fellowship.” It’s one of the inescapable truisms of life: You have to lose
... See moreDavid Brooks • The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
participating in Collectives can help each of us get closer to our true calling in life. A process the Japanese refer to as finding our Ikigai.