Laguna Terrace - Building ‘Community’

 

"Here are some concepts commonly used to define ‘community’ and how they build our relationships…"

 

• Attitude is that settled way of thinking about someone or something, typically reflected in a person’s behavior… for a leader: it’s to involve others or not  

       Exhibited most easily by a wave or a quick salutation

• Athletics is a display of physical skills in a coordinated display of fitness including sports…

       Exhibited by an individual or in a group

• Belonging is a sense of being part of a group with others of like mindedness

       Exhibited in a feeling of community or friendship

• Care is an expression of concern for others showing a feeling of helpfulness or concern for well-being…

       Exhibited in stepping off the sidewalk for a passing cart or pausing at an intersection

• Culture is the expectations we give one another freely, repeatedly and with expectation of similar behaviors among members… 

       Exhibited in communities and close-knit groups of like-minded

• Planting is the nurturing of plants in a specific area to beautify and protect an area adding more oxygen to the air nearby…

       Exhibited in the calm beauty of a cared for neighborhood

• Sports an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against others for entertainment, sometimes for their personal best record…

      Exhibited on fields, along streets and in parks

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