The community going through transitions

Taking Care of Transitions in Community

As it goes people come in and out of living in community here at Full Bloom.  This morning monthly “Heart Circle” was devoted to expressing our gratitude to 3 departing members of the Full Bloom community Miceala, Caleb, and their son Atreya.   Well before we got into the sappy stuff we had an amazing potluck breakfast of waffles, whip cream, fresh fruit, bacon and sausages.  Oh and if that wasn’t enough we had some fresh baked croissants from our bakery Rise Up!.

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There’s Micaela serving herself up some goodies.

We’re evolving a send off ceremony here where we give each community member an opportunity to share gratitude for the ways in which the departing friend has impacted their lives.  Its a means of honoring the relationship and emboldening that friend as they make their next step.  They can see themselves as somebody who positively impacts others and they can carry that way of being into the next community they go to live in.

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There’s half of the heart circle including some recent additions: Arlo and his owner Kurri.

Its natural human desire to honor life transitions with some sort of ritual or ceremony, that’s what birthdays, and graduations are all about: bringing one chapter to a close so a next one can begin in earnest.  I’m glad we found the time in our busy lives to honor this transition, to honor the relationships that make our community a community.

“One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.” ~George Santayana

 

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