Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Language

[Four Cat House (seanain]

Dear Sharon,

What a beautiful exploration of nuance. As someone who works damned hard 
every day as a full-time parent, I am continually amazed at people's 
perception that I "don't work." There is healing in your reminder to 
reconsider just how we refer to people and their situations.

Another beautiful teaching on this topic came up for me last year. A 
fabulous group of people came together over the last several years to 
form an interfaith rotating winter shelter in my town, providing meals 
and beds in our coldest months. We were encouraged to think of and refer 
to the folks we were serving as "dealing with homelessness," not 
"homeless people." What a difference that made.

In community,
Seanain

On 11/13/2012 10:27 AM, Sharon Villines wrote:
> Not to be critical but to remind people that how we label things matters.