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28 January 2009

Relationship and Community

These two topics have been apart of my pondering for a while now. Well, community longer than relationship. Can one happen without the other? It seems to me that one requires community to develop relationship and that relationships create this thing we call community. I have to add my disclaimer here that for this extreme introvert to be talking about community and relationship is one place I never thought my pondering and studies would take me.

In a sense I am wondering if community is the structure in which relationship (personal interaction between two or more people[off the top of my head definition]) gather. Community and relationship exist in a symbiotic relationship, unable to survive apart, but together they can grow strong and healthy.

OK, I admit that I don't know where this thread is headed. I have just begun to even thing about the relationship between relationship and community. It will be interesting to see where it goes. Any thoughts from you?

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