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 [...]
Let me give you two personal examples of a community helping out when there is a need. We lived in the Mountains and were new to that lifestyle. We were city people and unprepared for “Freeze Your Butt Canyon” in the winter time. When a new acquaintance named Joyce Hightower came to visit, she noticed that our home was freezing cold because our source of heat was inadequate. Joyce went home and told her husband Al about the cold living conditions that we had with four children and a husband gone during the week. My husband had to work three hours away from home in Santa Clara California, and so he came home only on weekends.
Let us consider embracing Community Spirit standards from the “Old Wild West”, where communities helped each other when a need arose. Do you understand what I mean by “Old West” type of Community Spirit? I am thinking of a farmer who has been injured and cannot plow his field. If he doesn’t plow he can’t plant, and if he doesn’t plant there will be no food to eat or income from his crop. The community shows up and helps him plow his field and plant his crop.
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