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What is Community?

Community is a group of people who live near each other or share the same interests.

It’s important because it helps us feel like we belong. In a community, we can find support, make friends, and share ideas.

Being part of a community teaches us new things and helps us grow. It’s where we feel valued and understood, which makes life better and happier.

Having a community is one of the most important parts of being human.

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What is Community?

Community is made up of the people and things we interact with every day, like family, friends, and neighbors.

It shapes who we are by influencing our values and beliefs. A good community can help us feel safe and happy, but a bad one can cause harm.

A healthy community is a place where people share ideas, stories, and experiences, even if they are different from one another.

When we connect with others, we learn and grow together, making life more interesting and meaningful.

Communities are strongest when everyone helps out, especially during tough times.

It’s our kindness and creativity that make communities work and thrive, helping us live better lives on this amazing planet we all share.

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Book: Happy Mind Happy Life - Dr Rangan Chatterjee 2022

No one is an island.

Humans survive and thrive in webs of connection.

Its not by chance that the ultimate punishment in prisons is solitary confinement: being removed from social contact is a form of psychological torture.

We can choose to experience the opposite of that hell when we give ourselves away. There’s no greater feeling of freedom and lightness than when we sacrifice our own wants in the service of others.

It’s as if all our selfish worries and obsessions melt away.

This is life’s most perfect irony: when we prioritize the happiness of others, it’s ourselves who end up smiling.

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Book: Happy Mind Happy Life -Dr Rangan Chattergee 2023

Working out in the Social gym

Over the course of one week, experiment with analyzing a moment of social friction each day.

This exercise need not take longer than five to ten minutes.

At the end of the week, spend a few minutes how the exercise has made you feel.

-*Do you feel calmer, more in control, and more content? *

-Are you sleeping better and feeling less anxious?

When you work out regularly in the social gym, life becomes significantly easier.

-When did you get triggered today?

This could be a time when you felt frustrated, angry, annoyed, or disappointed. It could also be when you fell into the trap of judging others.

*-What was the reason? *

Was it because you didn't sleep well and reacted emotionally?

Or was it because it highlighted your insecurities and reminded you of something in your past?

-What emotion did it bring up in you?

If you can write down this emotion you felt.

-Try to feel where you feel that emotion in your body.

See if you can breath into that area and help the tension or tightness ease off.

-Reflect and think about or write down what that bit of friction has taught you about yourself.

For example.”I am not sleeping well at the moment, which is getting me emotional” Or “This situation has highlighted my inner insecurities about who I am. This is not about the other person, this is about me”

-Now write a happiness story about the same situation but change your perspective to give you a sense of control over the situation.

A useful tip is to try to make the person you are thinking about a hero (not an enemy) in some way.

**-Try to feel compassion for them. **

Understanding that they are probably taking out their stresses and insecurities on you.

*In reality their actions have nothing to do with you. *

You can not influence them and, if you are waiting for others to act in a certain way, in order to make you happy you will be writing for a very long time.

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Updated: November 2023