Conversation – 17

Club Sheba Holiday Edition 🌹🌹

Community Responsibility

We all live in a community, in one way or another, and we all have an opportunity to make it better in some way.

It’s easy to get caught up in our personal lives and forget that we have an obligation to be responsible members of our communities. For some of us, expressing this responsibility is so interwoven into our personal lives that it is simply a natural extension of who we are. Others may need to take a moment to consider how to be more responsible for the communities in which we live. For those of us who live in large cities, we can start with our neighborhoods. Anything we do on a small level will automatically ripple out into the larger system.

Communities thrive on the talents of their members, so one approach to community responsibility is to consider what you have to offer and find ways to bring that into your community. If you have a special gift when it comes to bringing people together, you might agree to throw a party or event once a year that includes the whole community. Even a small open house in an apartment building can accomplish a lot in terms of making people feel more connected and comfortable with each other. If you have a talent for organic gardening, you might offer to help people in your neighborhood plan their own organic gardens. You might be the go to person for neighbors who need someone to water their plants or care for their pets when they’re away. You might take an abandoned space in your community and galvanize others to help you transform it into a community garden or a playground for children. In an area where there are many homeless people, starting a soup kitchen or organizing a holiday meal makes a big difference not only to those in need but to those who want to help.

All holiday parades, picnics, and ceremonies started somewhere, with someone who wanted to give back to the community in which they lived. It’s not too late to propose and execute a new tradition in your own community, whether it’s a block party or an annual picnic. Your particular vision, gifts, and strengths are part of what makes your community unique, so as you recognize them in yourself, feel free to offer them to those who live in your vicinity. Whether your offerings are visionary or practical, they are the very essence of community. Amen! ✨✨

@kittengirl,

Good morning in California and Happy Holidays. ✨✨

@shoelady60,

Good afternoon in the ‘burgh. Wishing you a warm and toasty day.

I hope your sister and hubby enjoy the Hockey Game. ✨🌹

@taci,

Good morning in S. California. Enjoy this season we are frozen and I am typing this
to wish you a very happy Holiday Season.

Happy Trails To You. 🎶🎶

@oodiebom,

Good afternoon on the Gulf Coast of Florida. 🌹✨😎My eye exam went great just was
really hurting after the doctor put the drops in. I am fine now.

We are -5 here in OZ freezing cold.

Enjoy your temps you are lucky. ✨✨I have a couple of our children coming in tonight.
So far so good.

Happy Hanukkah. 🌹🌹

😎🌹

@Sheba🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️
❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
Buon Natale Sheba, yeah no more appointments for a good long while.
I hope you don’t lose power, and telling you to stay warm is a given. Along with don’t let the fire go out in your fireplaces.
We too will have some Winter days, and I am going to hate it. Temperatures are going to dip real low for a few days. ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
I was up today before it got light outside. And that for me is ridiculously early. I have two batches of Panettone dough in the first raising stages now.
Got to go back to the kitchen and turn one dough into the counter and place it in the papers containers.
Stay warm Sheba 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

@xango,

Good afternoon to you in Florida. Oz is -5 as I type this post. WE are frozen.
So far we have power and heat. 😜

My eye exam went really well it took a minute for my vision to get back to 100% after
the dilation vision is perfect now. ✨💕

I can smell your delicious bread all the way to OZ. 😘🌹

@defg,

Happy Holidays on this very cold day stay safe and enjoy the season. ✨✨

@merce3,

Just want to say Happy Holiday’s in Tampa. 🌹😎

@loaf,

Good day my friend thinking of you always and I hope you have a joyful holiday. 😘🌹