Twelve Axioms of Community
Saturday, January 26th, 20081. If you don’t know where you are going, no road will get you there.
2. If you fear separation, meaninglessness, and death, then unite.
3. The price of community is your own individualism.
4. There is no daddy or mommy, but if there were a daddy or mommy, he or she would be you. (Martin Shubik).
5. Share power — one person, one vote.
6. Might doesn’t make right.
7. There’s no substitute for commitment and hard work.
8. Small is beautiful.
9. Keep it simple — always make molehills out of mountains.
10.Cooperate and communicate, if you want to survive.
11.Reduce tension; don’t escalate conflict.
12.Grow spiritually, intellectually, and emotionally or die.
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