Hey Y’all!👋🏾 in this episode I will be sharing with you how to Build Your Community. From observation, community seems to be something that the black community is lacking in everyday life. Our ancestors before accomplished so much by coming together, being supportive and doing life together; so let's follow their example.

Community:(n) A group of people living in the same place or having particular characteristics in common.

A feeling of fellowship with others as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, goals.

How to Build Your Community:

1) Get to know YOU!

-Mirrors: look for people who mirror back to you common interests that you have of substance

-No copycats, no chameleons: be uniquely YOU, and bring that unapologetically. There's no need to blend in, know and show who you are

2) Define what trust means to you

-There are levels of trust

-old mantra: trust people until they give you a reason not to, new mantra: allow people to show you the level of trust that you should grant them

3) Reciprocation ONLY

-referring the folks that are closest to you(your CORE)

-the frequency of reciprocation determines your closeness to me

Reasons Community is Necessary:

1) Feelings of belonging(tribe)

2) Safe spaces(they make doing life easier)

3) Provides prospectives and different point of views(causes you to expand)

4) We need each other(no one wants to be alone)

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