Turn off you TV. Leave your house. Know your neighbour. Look up when you are walking. Greet people. Sit on your stump. Plant flowers. Use your library. Play together. Buy from local merchants. Share what you have. Take children to the park. Garden together. Fix it even when you didn't break it. Have a potluck. Honour elders. Pick up litter. Read stories aloud. Dance in the street. Talk to mail carrier. Listen to the birds. put up a swing. Help carry something heavy. Barter for goods. Start a tradition. Ask questions. Hire young people for odd jobs. Organize a block party. Bake extra and share. Ask for help when you need it. Open your shades. Sing together. Share your skills. Take back the night. Turn up your music. Turn down your music. Listen before you react to anger. Seek to understand. Learn from new angles. Know that no one is silent, though many are not heard. Work to change this.
I saw these words on a poster at the office the other day, and thought that they were kind of neat.
This is NOT my statement of faith, or what I think Christian community should exactly look like. Nonetheless, there are some very positive things in what it said. Especially the part about having a potluck!
Jason
Having read this post again, the thing that strikes me is that all of the things it suggests involve going above and beyond what people in society are expected to do for one another. No one expects you to chat up your mail carrier or bake extra to share with neighbors. The point is this: if we want to create community or any kind of positive, caring we have to sacrifice.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree about the potluck.