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Purpose
In 1985, the community became a
covenantal organization. The covenant expresses our sincere longing to live,
learn, and relate well together. However, our first learning from the covenant
was about our inability to live up to our promises. This period of our history
revealed to all of us our inconsistencies, and we became disillusioned at the
human condition. We also began to learn the importance of accepting and
loving each other in all of our imperfections. Although at first we were
embarrassed and lived in denial about our inadequacies, soon we began to design
our programs in order to learn ways to keep our agreements and fulfill the
specific elements of our covenant. We use this covenant to remind us of our
primary values and it is read at many of our meetings.
The Goodenough Community Vision Statement
We are a people in covenant to be
our best, to lean into lifelong learning. As a member
of the Goodenough Community, I commit to being the best version of my self
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By entering fully
into life's experiences;
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By giving my self
fully to the process of transformation through the expression of love
- By trusting the good
intentions of each one of us;
- By relating to others
with respect and acceptance;
- By making and keeping
agreements with great care;
- By being constant
through conflict;
- By honoring
leadership in others as a method to develop the leader in myself;
- By taking
responsibility for my unique and significant role in the world;
- By acknowledging the
inner and interconnectedness of all creation, thus being safe and at home in the universe.
Our demonstration of a way of
living is based on the radical freedom and responsibility of being your best
self and playing your unique role in the world.
Through learning games all parts
of our community help each person, couple and family learn to be their best and
creatively serve themselves, their families, their communities and society. We
intend our demonstration of social creativity and service as inspiration and we
receive inspiration from other culturally creative people. Knowing that
happiness comes from learning, we are doing our part for a better world.
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