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A Thousand Years Of Light Begin With A Single Candle. Light That Candle. Be That Candle.

We are people of the community. We evolved in small groups and evolved into ever-larger groups. We have always known we needed the group. Our wholeness is tied up with our belonging to the group.

At one time we lived in small towns and rural communities. We came together for church, social activities and for the welfare of our children. We knew everyone in our community and they knew us. People greeted us as we walked through town, validating our belonging.

As our cities have grown, so has our separation from the life of the community. We still have communities, but we move in and out of them so rapidly we hardly get a chance to know the people next door, let alone the people we see when shopping. Crowds of strangers increasingly surround us, strangers we can’t trust, whom we do not know and who do not validate us.

One of the powers of these old communities was the fact that interaction with those who validated us was so easily available.

As our population grows, there are more and more people available to choose from. Although there are many people, our communities are fragmented. Add to that the rise of the corporate nation.

We need the community. Without it we simply cannot operate at peak performance. We cannot reach our highest productivity. But because of our mobility, we often feel alienated.

There is a dream hidden in each person's heart. It is a dream of a place where you enjoy coming to work every day. We want a place where people are happy to see us come in, a place where we are appreciated for our work. We want a place where we are used well, where our abilities are called upon to perform interesting tasks.

We all seek that environment, a working lifestyle, where we would experience belonging within our work groups. We would all like to feel that our workplace is a nurturing, safe place.

Many of you have that dream well hidden. All your life you have been told to keep your feet on the ground, that there is no place for dreamers; or, maybe you were told that you can’t have that, you weren’t born in that social class.

We Need Community To Be Whole

We are people of community. We need community in order to be whole and sane. We need community to live a meaningful life and to feel human. Within a strong, true community, we are productive. We reach out to each other. We build each other's self-esteem. We care, we nurture, and we build. And, we know others care for us. As a member who belongs, who feels at home, we are capable of great sacrifice, great nobility, and great deeds.

Most of the ceremonies of our lives center on belonging. We are brought into community and our role in the group is defined. From baptism and confirmation to entering kindergarten to graduation, we undergo rites of passage into new places within our community. The person who succeeds but has no one to celebrate his triumph is indeed a lost person.

Initiation is a formal rite of passage to community membership. Whether we are being inducted into a club, being admitted to the Bar, or receiving a membership certificate, our lives, and the quality of the other members' lives will be determined by our acceptance or rejection of our communities.

The group can cause us to fail. Marion Anderson was probably the most talented singer we have ever produced. She would never have been able to share her unique self with the world without the intervention of Eleanor Roosevelt. If Eleanor Roosevelt had not insisted on her being allowed to participate in the life of the community, none of us would have ever heard her magnificent voice.

How often do we hear the story that the rejected player on the team, who sat on the bench for two years, was finally asked to play in an emergency and scores the winning points. Until the community allows herm (see glossary) to play, no matter how good hesh is, hesh cannot succeed. The community is the key to our potentiation, to our achievement, and to our becoming fully human.

What Is A Community?

We define a community as a group of organisms that have a shared vision, shared goals, and shared values. They value each other and believe that members of the community have value and worth. In addition, within a community, members communicate that value through self-esteem building.

Just because you work together with, live with, share space with, or share activities with a group of people does not mean you are in a community that empowers and potentiates you. Maybe you are in a Pseudo community. Many if not most of our workplaces are Pseudo communities.

What is a pseudo community?

In a pseudo community, the leaders tell you what you ought to feel, what you should be interested in, and what projects you should do! They don’t listen to you because you are not real to them - you are just an object for them to use.

Your leaders abuse, harass, and lower the self-esteem of you and other employees;

They ridicule and laugh at you;

You lose your status or support of the group;

Others insult you or make cutting remarks at will;

They take every opportunity to lower your self-esteem;

Your leaders treat you like you are worthless, incompetent and easily replaceable;

People are not interested in your creativity. Don't bother them. They don't have time;

Ridicule makes you afraid to express your ideas;

They laugh when they say you think you're better;

They say you're no more than the rest of them;

Leaders and workers have contempt for your "big" ideas";

Those who already have power see you as a fool for trying to achieve.

They hate you for trying to excel;

Others deliberately do acts to make you fail;

They sabotage you and your project;

They rejoice when things go wrong in your life or with your projects;

Your fellow workers seem to hate, envy and despise you.

A key part of a pseudo community is that the leaders are actively engaged is a deliberate program of self-esteem destruction, self-esteem robbing, and harvesting self-esteem units from their members. You feel like you’re playing musical chairs. Fewer and fewer chairs (slots) as well as self-esteem units come to you.

You Can tell When You Are In A True Community

This is the kind of community we all seek. The leaders want to know what you are interested in and what you feel. They get excited to know what projects you want to work on. They listen to you because you are real to them. You are a being who has unlimited potential.

You can tell when you are in a true community because others truly care about your growth and demonstrate it. They carry on an active program to support you in developing new skills. They build your self-esteem. They enjoy being with you. You are in a true community when other members of the group do these actions.

They tell you they are proud of you ;
They tell others about your good ideas;
They say you are using your talents;
They say you will succeed;
They say you've got what it takes;
They build your self-esteem;
If you have your own business, they are ready to buy from you because they want you to succeed;
They recommend your business to their friends;
They are happy when you make money;
They come to your rescue;
They think it is fantastic you want to create a successful career;
They help you succeed;
They admire and respect what you are doing.

A key part of a true community is that the leaders realize they must carry on an active deliberate program of self-esteem building for their members.

In a true community, people are encouraged to help each other develop skills. They know that sooner or later you may want to use them in a shared venture. They might be a good partner for starting a business, or you may want to subcontract with them in a project of your own. Or, you may be a department head needing information from another division. You may be a networker and gain from turning someone else onto their skills in exchange for later reciprocation.

We will teach you self esteem building skills you can use in your job, in your family and in your community. What you gain here will enable you to create a safe place for yourself wherever you choose to live or work.

We Are Creating A True Soccer Community In Intibuca

Want to be a part of a true community? Want to play soccer and see players you have helped go on to college, get a chance to play professionally or just grow mentally, physically and spiritually. Come back again and again as a Intibuca Soccer Volunteer and be an integral, accepted, supported, cared for member of the true soccer community. You can belong to our true community where we value you, respect you and care for you by becoming an Intibuca Soccer Volunteer.

Soccer For Life Has A New North American Director To Head The Soccer Gear Donation Project, Shin Fujiyama. He is a student in Virginia who is already involved in volunteering in Honduras with Washington Overseas Missions and Hondukids. He will be volunteering with the Liga Menor in Honduras in August of 2005. He will will be accepting your soccer gear donations at Shin Fujiyama, 6511 Machodoc ct, Falls Church, VA 22043. You may contact Shin at 703-241-0461 or Cell Phone at 702-927-8706. Email him at shinfujiyama17@yahoo.com.

More About Shin Fujiyama, New North American Director of Soccer for Life And Leader of the Soccer Gear Donation Project

Need More Information About Donating Soccer Gear, Getting Involved With The Intibuca Youth Soccer Center Or Becoming a Volunteer? Want to get involved?

More information on the Soccer Donation Project is available to you from exportfacs@aol.com. Our Soccer Donation web site is http://www.satglobal.com/donate_boots.htm. Want To Know More About The Honduras Youth Soccer Project? Email us at exportfacs@aol.com

Return to Soccer For Life Page. Participate in the Intibuca Youth Soccer Center by emailing Dr. Carol Cross at honducopa@yahoo.com or exportfacs@aol.com .

Soccer Gear Donation Program Links

The Intibuca Soccer Volunteer programs are administered by CODET, S de R L, an Intibuca based sustainable development organization. CODET has as its goal the empowerment of the youth of Intibuca through soccer. 10 percent of all above cost revenues from these vacations are dedicated to the building of the Intibuca Youth Soccer Center. An additional ten percent of the above cost revenues go to the Honduras Youth Soccer Project, with its goal the opening of youth soccer in Intibuca to the estimated 10,000 youth living in the hills of Intibuca. Additional CODET revenues will be devoted to building a soccer stadium and state of the art mountain training facility to be used by all the youth of Intibuca without cost.

Contact Dr. Cross at 011-504-783-0421 or honducopa@yahoo.com.

In Honduras contact:

Dr. Carol Cross or Dr. Ramon Dario Argueta

CODET, S de R L

Barrio El Morera, Frente Bazar Reyna

La Esperanza, Intibuca, Honduras

Telephone 504-783-0054

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