Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: What’s so funny ‘bout peace love & understanding?

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Feb 15, 2016, at 1:50 PM, castrohom--- via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] 
> cohousing.org> wrote:
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> The hope is that through good communication practices we can often resolve 
> differences with win-win compromises. Our processes must meet the needs of a 
> variety of personalities each with their own tolerance and method of 
> addressing conflict. For example, some people are more comfortable dealing 
> with strong feelings in writing rather than in a discussion.
> We are not expecting to be conflict-free but focussing on the good will and 
> kindness has definitely made me a better person.

This sounds wonderful and very helpful. Efforts in my community have gone more 
toward this is the way to do it and f@F is always better. These words work.

Could you give more examples of how your approach has been applied?

> Our ‘wordle’ based on a community survey about what is important to 
> individuals in our group about living in community

Can you explain the “Wordle”

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org