Tuesday
13Oct2009
Finding Your Tribe
October 13, 2009 (Photo by Dean Ayres)
"So how do we find community? We don't. We attract it. We find it where we are. We go deeper with people we are already with: neighbors, coworkers, other parents. How do we find time for community? We start where we are! Here are four universal principles for communication..
Show Up.
Pay attention to what has heart and meaning.
Tell your truth without blame or judgment.
Do not be attached to outcome.
Though we can't go it alone, we also do not want to give ourselves away. We want to look for communities that offer us respect and optimism."
-Peggy O'Mara of Mothering Magazine in an excerpt from A Quiet Place (July-August 2009)
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Reader Comments (1)
i am so happy to find you. i have
been just reading through your
archives and soaking up all the
goodness. i am thrilled to be
staying home with my child(ren)
and thankful for a man who takes
care of us & WANTS his wife home
and knows that teaching and
preparing and enjoying and
loving our children is the most
important job i will ever have.
so good to see such positive
stuff.. we are facing a bit of
guff about our decisions and
our sweet boy is only 7mo.
old. thankfully we serve God,
not man and guff is to be
expected in this time that is
just how the Lord said it would
be. i will be frequenting your
little place here. thank you.