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Russell Keppner
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I was rereading this thread:
http://www.tjed.org/forums/general/anyone-ambivalent-about-actual-societ...
It has been borne in upon me that I need to take a more proactive view of community. I have been active in church congregations whereever I've lived, and I've been active in Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and homeschool groups. But I see the need for me, to go deeper into building a stable community. I see the need for a better family, town, state, country, world, but it's being proved to me over and over that if I really want it, I have to do work to make it happen.
So:
My dh and I have been going on weekly dates and monthly temple trips for some years now.
We have been interviewing a child every other week on average, and are very involved in education, through homeschooling, my dh's PhD dissertation writing, and my studying classics and learning new skills.
We are active in our church, trying to build a strong unified community.
Dh and Ds's are Scouts and Scout leaders.
I lead a small homeschool group, trying to build supportive relationships.
We are trying to become more familiar with the town and county we live and work in; we've been here almost four years.
Our children are making friends and encouraging each other in worthy pursuits.
I'm trying to keep abreast of major political issues and trying to email or call to express my opinion to my congressmen.
I'm praying a Lot and studying my core classic daily.
I think my next project is to set my housework in order. I have a cluttered home. It needs cleaned out and furnished with only what we most need to fulfill our missions in this life and at this time.
What are you focusing on now?
I was reading in my core
I was reading in my core classic about Captain Moroni, fighting a several-year war to defend his people. At one point he takes advantage of a break in the fighting, not only to build fortifications, but to provide food for his people. I had wondered in the past why gardens and plants in general produce so much! If I were trying to subsist on just what grows in my yard, it might get a little monotonous, but there are a lot of edible plants available. It's true that to survive for long we would need to range further afield, but still...
Then it struck me that the plants produce more than one person could eat so that that person can support others who aren't producing food. The food needs to stretch to cover not just Mom and Dad and children, but also support those whose functions in society aren't food-producing: specifically, defenders.
A community needs unity, a leader, and infrastructure--people whose job it is to specialize so that each can be free to do what will benefit the community most.