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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Community Virtues – Networks
Community networks are the same as social networks. People extend what they are capable of doing by the people with whom they connect. In theory, everyone in a vibrant community is connected; networking entails taking advantage of those connections to … Continue reading
Community Virtues – Oneness
I’ve already shared on here the most memorable quote from the ADT Journey. The Director of the community meals program in Leaville, CO stated that their goal was to “confuse who is giving and who is receiving.” Bringing people with … Continue reading
Community Virtues – Self-sufficient
Just as every individual is unique, so is every community. Within the context of community there are different ways to pursue the Happiness and Health we all seek, with no one right way being universally the best. One virtue of … Continue reading
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Community Virtues
I’ve covered the list of five humanity virtues; now to begin the list of five community virtues. Humanity virtues are those that apply to the whole, collective human species. One of those virtues was community, caring for each other in … Continue reading
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BEACH Virtues
Before I left to hike across the country I drafted a book, yet to be published, called The Five Forgotten Truths. With a little moderation those five truths are the five humanity virtues I just covered. A coworker pointed out … Continue reading
Humanity Virtues – Happiness
I covered Health and Happiness as a virtue in an earlier post. I mentioned that some of the things that contributed to Happiness were proper diet, sufficient exercise, low stress and a social network. Early nomadic societies, and some modern … Continue reading
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Humanity Virtues – Communal
Community and communal can mean many things. Communal in the natural sense of how most early nomadic society behaved can be viewed as similar to fraternal. People were heavily dependent on each other to survive and displayed the responsibility to … Continue reading
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Humanity Virtues – Egalitarian
Egalitarian may be the hardest natural virtue for people to accept. Civilization is rife with hierarchies in government, religion and business. Two people meet and sometimes they establish a social hierarchy between them. Yet often two people meet and no … Continue reading
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Humanity Virtues – Belonging
There are a lot things to which we might belong in civilization. We might belong to nation states, corporations, political parties, ideologies, interest groups or material things. By belonging to them they possess us, influence our thoughts, our actions, our … Continue reading
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Humanity Virtues – Autonomy
In the previous post I listed five virtues of humanity, meaning, there are five attributes that are right and good about how most of us are meant to be under natural conditions. The first of these attributes is Autonomy. Under … Continue reading
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