Comments on: The Importance of Community… http://1smartmom.com/2007/05/23/the-importance-of-community/ Nurturing Moms from Marriage to Motherhood & Everything in Between! Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:46:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: 1SmartMom.com » Blog Archive » Community: Let's Have Coffee http://1smartmom.com/2007/05/23/the-importance-of-community/#comment-14289 1SmartMom.com » Blog Archive » Community: Let's Have Coffee Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:00:02 +0000 http://1smartmom.com/index.php/2007/05/23/the-importance-of-community/#comment-14289 [...] of one another. We need to share our experiences, our knowledge, and our pain. As I stated in an earlier post, found here, “Isolation unto ourselves can cause us to lose perspective”. We may try to [...] [...] of one another. We need to share our experiences, our knowledge, and our pain. As I stated in an earlier post, found here, “Isolation unto ourselves can cause us to lose perspective”. We may try to [...]

]]> By: Stephanie derolus http://1smartmom.com/2007/05/23/the-importance-of-community/#comment-7369 Stephanie derolus Wed, 23 May 2007 18:40:03 +0000 http://1smartmom.com/index.php/2007/05/23/the-importance-of-community/#comment-7369 I am glad that you wrote about being a community. As pastor puts it. My husband and I have been speaking on the matter for a while now. And, as we too enter the next stage of our life we are being more selective on friendships. I am tired of being surrounded by the "drama" as some would put it that people create. It is frustrated. Now, I am more disrecting on people. I look for the signs and listen more closely and stay away. Because I want to teach my children in making good and quality minded friends. Now, I am reaching to a young teen and hope and pray that I can pour into her just like my mentor poured into me. Thanks again. Love you, angel. I am glad that you wrote about being a community. As pastor puts it. My husband and I have been speaking on the matter for a while now. And, as we too enter the next stage of our life we are being more selective on friendships. I am tired of being surrounded by the “drama” as some would put it that people create. It is frustrated. Now, I am more disrecting on people. I look for the signs and listen more closely and stay away. Because I want to teach my children in making good and quality minded friends. Now, I am reaching to a young teen and hope and pray that I can pour into her just like my mentor poured into me. Thanks again. Love you, angel.

]]> By: Shalom http://1smartmom.com/2007/05/23/the-importance-of-community/#comment-7362 Shalom Wed, 23 May 2007 16:33:07 +0000 http://1smartmom.com/index.php/2007/05/23/the-importance-of-community/#comment-7362 And I agree with you when it comes to the marriage/single perspectives. Being single and looking into a marriage reminds me to walk around the decision several times before I sign the contract. And then Jesse takes Tracy on a cruise around the Mediterranean islands and I think, it might be worth the work if I got a guy who takes me to wade in the Dead Sea on Easter Sunday. Till then, I'm sleepin' in on Saturday mornings!!! "I've been trying to join the cult of monogamy for years, until then, I'm going to do whatever I want with whomever I want whenever I want." - David Spade on being single I heart David Spade. And I agree with you when it comes to the marriage/single perspectives. Being single and looking into a marriage reminds me to walk around the decision several times before I sign the contract. And then Jesse takes Tracy on a cruise around the Mediterranean islands and I think, it might be worth the work if I got a guy who takes me to wade in the Dead Sea on Easter Sunday. Till then, I’m sleepin’ in on Saturday mornings!!!

“I’ve been trying to join the cult of monogamy for years, until then, I’m going to do whatever I want with whomever I want whenever I want.” – David Spade on being single

I heart David Spade.

]]> By: Tracy Hurst http://1smartmom.com/2007/05/23/the-importance-of-community/#comment-7358 Tracy Hurst Wed, 23 May 2007 16:20:14 +0000 http://1smartmom.com/index.php/2007/05/23/the-importance-of-community/#comment-7358 Amen! What a great reminder. Our world feeds a self-centered type of thinking and I am amazed at how this type of thinking even affects us Christians! Pouring into others is so key and I want to remind those reading this that if someone is pouring into you - please remember to pour back into them! Too often the "givers" get taken advantage of - while God will bless them - there is nothing like someone here on earth to bless them as well! Amen! What a great reminder. Our world feeds a self-centered type of thinking and I am amazed at how this type of thinking even affects us Christians! Pouring into others is so key and I want to remind those reading this that if someone is pouring into you – please remember to pour back into them! Too often the “givers” get taken advantage of – while God will bless them – there is nothing like someone here on earth to bless them as well!

]]> By: Shalom http://1smartmom.com/2007/05/23/the-importance-of-community/#comment-7356 Shalom Wed, 23 May 2007 16:05:42 +0000 http://1smartmom.com/index.php/2007/05/23/the-importance-of-community/#comment-7356 Amen sister! I have been very selective in who I have closen to keep close company with as I've moved into my 30's. It's nourishment to my soul and body to keep positive, respectful, nonjudgmental, honest, loving and encouraging friends in my sphere of influence. I've purposefully sought out people who keep their eyes on the bigger picture and not just on themselves. Jill and I hold each other up and don't allow brain drains and emotional vacuums to fill up the time we should be using to build relationships with those who have vision and purpose and hold up those who need a boost of support now and then to pursue their passion. "Show me your friends and I'll show you your future." Amen sister! I have been very selective in who I have closen to keep close company with as I’ve moved into my 30′s. It’s nourishment to my soul and body to keep positive, respectful, nonjudgmental, honest, loving and encouraging friends in my sphere of influence. I’ve purposefully sought out people who keep their eyes on the bigger picture and not just on themselves. Jill and I hold each other up and don’t allow brain drains and emotional vacuums to fill up the time we should be using to build relationships with those who have vision and purpose and hold up those who need a boost of support now and then to pursue their passion.
“Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future.”

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