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To: combat_boots
Thank you for posting that. I followed your link and read a bit. What jumped out at me was this... "We know the rules of community; we know the healing effect of community in terms of individual lives. If we could somehow find a way across the bridge of our knowledge, would not these same rules have a healing effect upon our world? "

"We human beings have often been referred to as social animals. But we are not yet community creatures. We are impelled to relate with each other for our survival. But we do not yet relate with the inclusivity, realism, self-awareness, vulnerability, commitment, openness, freedom, equality, and love of genuine community. "

"It is clearly no longer enough to be simply social animals, babbling together at cocktail parties and brawling with each other in business and over boundaries. It is our task--our essential, central, crucial task - to transform ourselves from mere social creatures into community creatures. It is the only way that human evolution will be able to proceed."

M. Scott Peck, Psychiatrist & author The Different Drum

In other words..., WWG1WGA.

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837 posted on 05/02/2020 12:26:12 PM PDT by Spitzensparkin1 (Donate often, it is our FReeping ammo. Keep the supply train rollin', become a monthly donor.)
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To: Spitzensparkin1

Henri Nouwen

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/4837.Henri_J_M_Nouwen


877 posted on 05/02/2020 12:56:25 PM PDT by combat_boots (FlynnGod bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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