Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Maintaining Momentum

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

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I will not speak for other members of Bellingham Cohousing, but the 
key to maintaining my own personal momentum during our several 
formative years was to take periodic note of the value of all that I 
was learning and doing in the meantime. Distant goals (e.g. building 
and occupying a community) are all well and good, but this alone 
would not have sufficed to keep me involved in the process for so 
many years.  It was the fact that there were genuine and immediate 
rewards that kept me going. 

Of course, I'm not saying that these rewards were always apparent, or 
that I didn't sometimes question their value relative to the amount 
of time and effort they cost me.  Often, the whole thing seemed 
absurdly out of whack (for example, I am not a meeting person, and I 
am not known for my patience in dealing with certain sorts of people 
or situations).  But I could say much the same about anything else 
I've done, and unlike many of those other things, this process led to 
community. 

Hope that helps.

Mark



>
>Relax and just look for land and grow your relationships with those who are
>already in the group.
>
>Sharon
>--
>Sharon Villines
>Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
>http://www.takomavillage.org

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