What I Seek in Community...
Jan. 2nd, 2022 12:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
genderjumperA lot of values and priorities are fungible when the globe is in crisis and people aren't able to align their actions to their ideals very easily. So I want to try to put in the most basic terms the kind of folks I'd like to invite more of into my life:
I believe that the COVID-19 pandemic is scientific, harmful, and ongoing, and that it requires personal and collective sacrifices to mitigate, address, and recover from.
As an individual, I recognize having some tremendous advantages in my society without negating that I also have some disadvantages. I try to listen to those whose disadvantages are different, and I never question their humanity even when I don't understand their ways of being.
I enjoy and/or benefit from sharing my innermost thoughts with others. I do not believe that questioning a subject negates its innate value, but I make efforts to not materially support harmful projects.
I do not enjoy competition in most contexts, even when I am the one winning, and I try to challenge assumptions -- mine and those around me -- that escalate rather than de-escalate.
Excepting when I am at my worst circumstances, I like to give my time, money, and/or effort to others without attachment or expectation of reward.
I accept that I cannot know or understand everything and everyone, and allow experiences to humble me without their immediately (or potentially ever) making sense to me.
I believe that the COVID-19 pandemic is scientific, harmful, and ongoing, and that it requires personal and collective sacrifices to mitigate, address, and recover from.
As an individual, I recognize having some tremendous advantages in my society without negating that I also have some disadvantages. I try to listen to those whose disadvantages are different, and I never question their humanity even when I don't understand their ways of being.
I enjoy and/or benefit from sharing my innermost thoughts with others. I do not believe that questioning a subject negates its innate value, but I make efforts to not materially support harmful projects.
I do not enjoy competition in most contexts, even when I am the one winning, and I try to challenge assumptions -- mine and those around me -- that escalate rather than de-escalate.
Excepting when I am at my worst circumstances, I like to give my time, money, and/or effort to others without attachment or expectation of reward.
I accept that I cannot know or understand everything and everyone, and allow experiences to humble me without their immediately (or potentially ever) making sense to me.
