Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Defining for the good of the community

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> This kind of process does something  important. It sets the  community
> awareness in motion on two levels, that personal values can be stated and
> people can object on values without stopping everyone and also it brings the
> issue into the discussion in the future. .... And so, even though an
> environmental choice was not supported once, the act of bringing it into the
> groups awareness changes how things might be done in the future.

Thanks, Rob, for saying this so well.

Some find groups frustrating because they keep changing, others frustrated
when they try not to change -- to lock in decisions and pin down positions.

The nature of growth is change. If I can focus myself on the changes toward
deeper understanding of values and how they are expressed, it is less
frustrating.

Remembering that I have already changed the group by emphasizing another
point of concern makes it a lot easier to sleep at night.

Sharon
-- 
In Washington DC where all roads lead to Casablanca



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