In Chapter Three of THE WORK OF HOPE by Rich Harwood, there is a discussion focused around what the research team discovered as key values across our country. Those key values include: Compassion; Children & Families; Simpler Living; Openess and Humility; and the Common Good.
The common good, for example, seems to have some very real meaning to some folks while being a bit more of a strange concept to others, who are involved in just meeting their own needs. if you explore the Harwood book, you will find many observations highlighting the values mentioned above.
In this weekend of thinking about the freedom we enjoy as Americans, it is important, I THINK, to also consider the work that is involved in ensuring this freedow and this way of life is perpetuated through the bad times as well as good. And, this particular weekend in 2013, the issue is even greater as we hear how the people in Egypt determined, with the military's assistance, that maybe democracy is not always the way to go. For me, that is scary and one reason for these blog posts about Hope and community building.
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