tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064729025510181487.post1009293516806796835..comments2023-09-26T16:01:59.345+02:00Comments on A life in juxtaposition: The Mystery of CommunityEugenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722877695054410613noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064729025510181487.post-45067984040109694172008-12-04T07:14:00.000+02:002008-12-04T07:14:00.000+02:00the last paragraph of this post gave me incredible...the last paragraph of this post gave me incredible personal insight...into youRandomSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00266089487669591255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064729025510181487.post-25638208299036045722008-06-27T18:50:00.000+02:002008-06-27T18:50:00.000+02:00Hey Eugene, I know I am way behind on this but I h...Hey Eugene, I know I am way behind on this but I have to comment. Tim told me that this was an amazing post and that I should take the time to read it the day you posted it. <BR/>I have a friend that expressed almost these exact same sentiments to me a couple of weeks ago. <BR/>(she happens to be a super hot 30 year old woman :)<BR/>Anyway, she is working through the same process. <BR/><BR/>Tim and I are a bit unusual in that we have friends on other continents as well as an amazing church family that actually acts like family. The strangest thing of all, is that we are friends with almost every family on our street and we actually socialize with them on a regular basis. I get the impression that this is unusual no matter where you live in the developed world. <BR/><BR/>I like what you said about community not being about giving up yourself but rather giving yourself away. The uniqueness that makes you, who you are is a gift to be shared with those in your path.<BR/><BR/>a little side note is that plf5403 happens to be my brother. He happens to live as far away as he could possibly live from me and still be on the same continent. We manage to talk to each other just about every week but it sucks to have him and his family so far away. A little ironic i suppose.RandomSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00266089487669591255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064729025510181487.post-91728319005690898852008-06-17T02:28:00.000+02:002008-06-17T02:28:00.000+02:00In our modern disconnected world there are still m...In our modern disconnected world there are still many communities out there. Any group of like-minded people in common pursuit of a goal could be considered a community. There are morally positive communities like churches (most?), morally neutral like food co-ops, pilates class and morally negative like regulars at a strip-club. My hunch is you wouldn't necessarily want to reach out to the morally negative clan right off the bat. You probably won't get much traction offering to wash your brother's feet while they're stuffing the 1's in the G-strings. But you can find communities wherever people are in need. Are these the "kind" of people you want to fellowship with, not me, but that's where the greatest need is. And perhaps that's where the greatest sense of community can be achieved.plf5403https://www.blogger.com/profile/03149741678434631050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064729025510181487.post-51283778716887318412008-06-16T09:26:00.000+02:002008-06-16T09:26:00.000+02:00I resonate with this - & really with your take on ...I resonate with this - & really with your take on aloneness vs. singleness. Isolation is terminal. And potentially contagious...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this.scoeydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08206026108447779886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064729025510181487.post-71245378947923896842008-06-14T02:38:00.000+02:002008-06-14T02:38:00.000+02:00I really enjoyed this, one of your best posts to d...I really enjoyed this, one of your best posts to date . . .<BR/><BR/>You are really on to something important here and I encourage you to "sell all you have" and "buy the field with the treasure" . . . Sorry for the biblical reference, sometimes old habits die hard . . .<BR/><BR/>This line of thought could lead you to some life-changing discoveries and I am excited for you . . .TimmyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14446318506480216665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064729025510181487.post-17467748413416666742008-06-12T02:34:00.000+02:002008-06-12T02:34:00.000+02:00As I get older, I prefer solitude more than the co...As I get older, I prefer solitude more than the company of others. I am apparently afflicted with the disease of aloneness, lol. I like your point about being acquainted with people from around the world due to the internet, but not knowing anyone on your own street. Things are definitely different than when I was a wee lad. Used to be when a family moved into a neighborhood the entire neighborhood would show up at your door as the "welcome wagon". Now, no one gives a rat's ass if someone moves into the neighborhood, as long as they don't bother anyone. We have lost our sense of community, and although I enjoy my solitude, I can't help think that we've lost something important.GumbyTheCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696861259954817600noreply@blogger.com