Showing posts with label self-realization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self-realization. Show all posts

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Community


At CitySquare, we list "Community" as one of our core organizational values.  

Across the years, I've learned that without deep, unconditional relationships with others I am basically lost and largely ineffective.  

Embracing community opens doors to self-discovery and life purpose.  
When I read this quote from Desmond Tutu, it resonated deeply with my heart.  

What do you think?


"We say in our African idiom, 'A person is a person through other persons.' The solitary human being is a contradiction in terms. I need you in order to be me as you need me in order to be you. We are caught up in a delicate network of interconnectedness. I have gifts that you don't, and you have gifts I don't--voila! We are made different so that we may know our need of one another. The completely self-sufficient human being is subhuman. Thus diversity, difference is of the essence of who we are."

--Archbishop Desmond Tutu