I have been thinking further about the claims community makes upon a person. In the New Testament Christians read Paul's words to indicate that we should live in community, sharing our giftedness with one another as we are each uniquely created and have some wonderful gift to offer the whole.I believe and often say to others:
With great freedom, comes great responsibility.
I believe the more freedom you have, the more "claim" there is upon you, to give of self in order to share your gifts.
I also believe and often say to others:
It is only your choice for so long...
This statement started out as a employee/employer type of conversation but I realized it had more broad reading impact. I often allow students to "choose" what a response will be for certain actions-however they sometimes struggle with that and I give them a time limit in order to create the real world complexity. Then I tell them-it is only your choice for so long, then your lose the privledge of making the choice and it becomes my choice and you have to simply live with it.
I've carried that over (although not that successfully) to parenting as well.
Ultimately I believe what I'm doing is pointing out the construct of chaos theory-regardless-enduring values will surface and make themselves known.
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