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JUST FOR WOMEN

We Can Become a Grove of Trees

Since the manufacturing era began, Community Spirit changed and our expectations of how we function as a society. We no longer think about helping out friends and neighbors. This means we miss the boat when we allow opportunities to help someone pass by, only because we didn’t know what people around us needed. Those missed opportunities are also missed blessings for us and for the person we could have helped.

Knowing what goes on in our own communities and neighborhoods not only makes us safer, but also makes us more likely to respond to a situation because we know about it. Perhaps this is a good time to consider our own Community Spirit and our need to improve in help when we see an opportunity.

One way we can help is when we see a person suffering from a life storm. We all suffer from a life storm at one time or another. . . it’s just part of living life on this planet. In order for us to weather life’s storms, we need to stand together as trees do for strength and protection– as if we are a grove of trees.

Have you noticed that, when they grow naturally, trees often grow closely together in a grove. When trees stand close enough, they can catch another as it falls and keeps it from crashing to the ground. Just as if we are a grove of trees standing closely together, we can lean against another when we fall until someone tethers us upright so we can stand again with support. Eventually, we will be able to stand on our own again without needing support.

Another benefit of being as a grove of trees is that many of us are standing closely enough together to help absorb the brunt of a life storm. In this way, we won’t have to withstand the full force of the storm by ourselves. The truth is, there is strength in standing together! We need each other to weather whatever life throws at us, and together we won’t have to face these storms alone.

We were not meant to live life without each other. We were created to be with each other, to need each other, to understand and love of each other, and to need the skills of others to do what we cannot do by ourselves. Needing each other is truly a blessing. Not allowing ourselves the benefit of needing others is a lonely place to be and is unnecessary.

It is okay to depend on communities, churches, and neighborhoods for assistance in difficult times; not only in handling life’s storms but in finding comfort in knowing that people care about us. It is also vital that we contribute back to the health and well-being of communities, churches, and neighborhoods. We have talents, gifts, and skills that we can provide to benefit others if we open up our hearts and be willing to give of ourselves. It is a blessing to give services to those who need our time and abilities.

Please help us move along this concept so people will start developing more Community Spirit, contributing to their communities, churches, and neighborhoods, and enjoying the blessings that only comes through serving others.

Perhaps you could speak to your church or community leaders about this subject, maybe even suggest a Town Hall meeting to discuss how to draw out more Community Spirit. In this way, you can help us promote this concept and awaken the natural desire inside people to restore their Community Spirit.

The times ahead of us are going to become very troublesome, with the dollar crashing, the economies around the world and our own becoming a mess, our liberties being challenged by corruption, and Mother Nature kicking up her heels all over the world, we will be needing to become as a grove of trees. Are you with me?