Acceptance of Fallibility

Institutional systems can command many behaviors but they cannot command care. Care is the commitment of one person to another, from the heart. It is the domain of people who come together in community.  

It was the summer of 2009. I was on my second day of work for the U.S. Census Bureau, knocking on doors in rural South Carolina. My cell phone rang. It was my supervisor. “Patrice, headquarters called me and told me...

Sometimes the best way to enhance our communities is to step away from them. ... this can provide a means through which we can refresh our thoughts, gain perspective and return with renewed vision and purpose. The business world has...

The capacities of an abundant community are the core elements that need to be visible and manifest to create functional families and neighborhoods. One of the capacities of an abundant community is the ability to accept people’s fallibility.   A conspicuous...