Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: slogans

[Michael D (ohanamd]

> A management consultant once wrote a book about why "family" is not always
a
> good choice. His main point was that "family" is a hierarchical
organization
> in which each member has a specific "spot" and the means of control by
each
> person is set almost from birth. They change with age (we call that human
> development) and circumstance (we call those "dysfunctional") but they are
> fairly set. Is this what we all yearn for?

Ugh.  What a limited view of family.  That isn't what the Heart Song
Community yearns for, but a more positive vision of family IS what we aspire
to.

I think any word someone chooses will trigger off unpleasant associations in
some people, and in others it will elicit pleasant associations.

> Can friends be non-caring?

Some of the "friends" people I've known have claimed haven't been especially
caring.

Michael

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