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When you feel you don't belong, here's a place where you can belong... In a recent conversation in the Kindness Bench, several of us brought up that we sometimes don't really feel we don't belong a...
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The great thing about intentional communities is that we can build them. We can decide what our customs and cultures are.
Here are some things I'd like to aim for in the community of this thread. This is work-in-progress, and I hope it to be a collaborative work--please share the qualities you'd like us to strive for, as well as offering revisions to this list.
The Fringe Culture:
1) Welcoming - You'll get a warm welcome when you drop in.
2) Friendly - Your posts will get friendly responses.
3) Inclusive - Everyone is welcome.
4) Fluid - We're not fixed in one style but flow, responding to the moment
5) Flexible - The guidelines and communications styles can be adjusted as needed
6) Respectful - We listen, strive to see diverse view points, and honor each person as an individual. We respect each other's boundaries.
7) Kind - We treat each other with kindness.
8) Goofy and funny - Yeah, we've got to let loose sometimes!
9) Personal - We get to know each other, asking after projects and stories. We do our best to remember each other, even when we need to take long breaks! :)
10) Authentic - We don't pretend to be what we're not... and we don't have to because who we are is respected, welcomed, and appreciated.
11) Open-minded - We know that we have diverse viewpoints, and we create space to listen to and consider each other's views, especially when they differ from our own.
12) Accepting - We accept each other--with our differences, our uniquenesses, our strengths, our limitations, our quirkiness, and our sameness.
In a culture like this, we can be ourselves, wholly, and still belong.
**This is a draft! Please share your revisions, additions, and changes! What would you like to see this culture become?**
The great thing about intentional communities is that we can build them. We can decide what our customs and cultures are.
Here are some things I'd like to aim for in the community of this thread. This is work-in-progress, and I hope it to be a collaborative work--please share the qualities you'd like us to strive for, as well as offering revisions to this list.
The Fringe Culture:
1) Welcoming - You'll get a warm welcome when you drop in.
2) Friendly - Your posts will get friendly responses.
3) Inclusive - Everyone is welcome.
4) Fluid - We're not fixed in one style but flow, responding to the moment
5) Flexible - The guidelines and communications styles can be adjusted as needed
6) Respectful - We listen, strive to see diverse view points, and honor each person as an individual. We respect each other's boundaries.
7) Kind - We treat each other with kindness.
8) Goofy and funny - Yeah, we've got to let loose sometimes!
9) Personal - We get to know each other, asking after projects and stories. We do our best to remember each other, even when we need to take long breaks! :)
10) Authentic - We don't pretend to be what we're not... and we don't have to because who we are is respected, welcomed, and appreciated.
11) Open-minded - We know that we have diverse viewpoints, and we create space to listen to and consider each other's views, especially when they differ from our own.
12) Accepting - We accept each other--with our differences, our uniquenesses, our strengths, our limitations, our quirkiness, and our sameness.
In a culture like this, we can be ourselves, wholly, and still belong.
**This is a draft! Please share your revisions, additions, and changes! What would you like to see this culture become?**
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