Community by Paul Mansell Founded in 1966, the Regional Center system is based on delivering services in the community where people with developmental disabilities live. SDRC’s vision statement says people with developmental disabilities will live productive and meaningful lives as valued members of their communities. Communities are more than a Read more…
As powerful and enriching as communities are, they need to be ever vigilant that the purpose of the group positive and up lifting. Sadly some groups exists to put others down. These groups violate the basic tenant of groups to be tolerant, accepting, and respect the universality of the human Read more…
There is a fundamental human need to seek out people like us and form homogeneous communities. It is perfectly natural. People enjoy being around themselves with similar interests, beliefs, language, ability, wealth and income status. As initially awkward as it may seem, I submit we find our true richness in Read more…
I only watch Fereed Zakaria GPS. I enjoy the civility and thoughtfulness of the program. I skip the rest of the news shows that get caught up in all the inside the beltway silliness. I am too old for such nonsense. Life is too short to get caught up in Read more…
God has endowed this country with rich resources. We have an outstanding history of promoting human rights. Ours is the largest economy in the world. There are so many things going right with this country. We have every right to be proud of what we have accomplished. The future of Read more…
I have already said that no person is an island. We live and thrive in community. Community has evolved from its original meaning of a physical location. It now means a group of people with similar likes, interests, and beliefs. This latter definition shows how community can shape our identify Read more…
Hope is the capacity to wait for some expectant event or person. It is the great motivating force in life. Hope comes from deep within our heart and pumps blood to our brain that constructs all manner of plans and schemes to reach our hopes. In this hope differs from Read more…
Trust and Self-Advocacy By Paul Mansell Our lives are full of relationships—loved ones, family and friends, peers, classmates, and co-workers. For each and every healthy relationship we have in our life there is a foundation of trust. Trust is the confidence that we have with another person that they will Read more…
Interconnectedness By Paul Mansell I love ideas and theory. Coming across a new idea makes my day. Sharing an idea with others is icing on the cake. One idea that has captured my imagination and my passion is interconnectedness. It holds that all people are connected with one another. It Read more…
The self-made man or woman is very popular. It shines like a bright star in this country. Yet it is my take that we all need each other, I like to say no person is an island. You can’t give birth to yourself. As we travel the spiritual highway, we Read more…