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You – Your Community – Your Job – Your Compensation

by Kim Lampe, The Dancing Bag Lady on March 21, 2010

in Art Therapy,Creativity,Joyology,Self Care

Here you are, gathered together in  a community and you have a job.  I know, just  what  you wanted, another job. Right?

With this series of articles I would like to explore the following:

*  You as the center of  your community

*  Your expansive reach with one on one interactions

* Your ultimate job, at a very high level

* Your tangible and intangible compensation

By virtue of you reading this article right now, you belong to a community of sorts;  a community of citizens of which you know and do not.  You are reading this along with others on a path of healing and leading joyful lives.  Now just imagine the sisters and brothers sharing this experience. Where might they live?  What wonderful things they have done so far in their lives.   You could cross their path and not even know it.  Would they see, in you,  a smile or a frown?

“YOU” are smack dab in the middle of your community.  Is that how you see your community?  You in the middle.  I know, it really puts the center of attention on “YOU”.  Perhaps you feel uncomfortable being in the middle because you don’t believe you are worthy of the attention.  Or you feel uncomfortable and exposed because you are not certain what you have to offer your community.  Now let’s ponder this a bit.  Who or what are you more inclined to place in the center of your community?  Your children. Your career. Your hobby. Your past. Your future unknown.  Your spotless home.  Your stuff.  Your habits.

You at the center of your community, aware of your strengths and willing to share them.

You as the center of your community is not egotistical.  View it as a person that is aware of their strengths, looking out into their communities seeking a way of being of service and is willing to confidently share.  You as center, is being aware of what your body signals.  You as center is keeping fueled, so you can do YOUR job.   Now let’s look at you outside of center.

You outside of center with your back to your community.

When we move outside of center and replace it with things, fears, and others we have our backs to community and lose touch with our strengths.  We run out of fuel and become exhausted.  We can not sustain our best selves.

OK, now is the time to take out the pencil and paper.  Start drawing your community circles.  Fill in the details.  Start with you as center.  Look out and identify the communities you have influence.  As you move outward, fill it in with communities you have the potential to have influence.  Finally, draw another set of community circles and fill the center with items that take you outside of your core.  This is a twist on a mind mapping exercise.  Use these instructions loosely and feel free to  expand on the concept.

Your circles will be the basis for upcoming articles where we will explore the impact you have on your communities, your ultimate job within those communities and how you are compensated.  As I say goodbye,  let’s conceive of the impact you can have, one person at a time.  Can’t you just see the joy multiplying?  Rabbits come to mind.

Our overlapping communities.

I came upon somebody thinking out loud within my cyberspace community recently, “I’ve noticed that people who are filled with joy are hiliarious, without even trying.”  This comment is evidence of  “you” centered people encountering other “you” centered people.  Fun. Fulfilled. Fabulous.

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Kim Lampe is the Dancing B*a*g Lady and Founder of Modern B*a*g Ladies, fueling our Beliefs, so we can take Action and Go to our dreams. Fueling Believe Act Go Traveling Sanctuaries. Helping ladies Discover their B*a*g.

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  • ladyjtalks

    My thinking has been mostly with starting with me as the center of the Universe and working my way out into the community. The same idea in many ways, yet learning the rules of the Universe helps substain you when you first realize that your family and friends aren't there to support your new found direction ( for those of us who have had to give up our families of origin ) and those rules also help you attrack others who want to live a better life them most find in communities still full of the denials that systems still hold as their truth. Neighbors don't know each other as they did when I was younger. It was those moments of coffee with the woman/women in the neighborhood those mornings that helped you gain the strength to stand on your own against an abusive relationship. Many days I wonder how hard it must be on those in these new kind of neighborhoods where no one has time to talk. Both parents work just to keep one household together. The internet and our groups have become the coffee cluches of our time and thank heaven we have great people like you who give such a funny new meaning to us as B*a*g* ladies. Thank you for caring enough to spread some joy. Jacki aka Lady J

  • http://twitter.com/MizzMeggs Meggs

    You are so awesome. I love that you used my random thought in the article. I feel so special… and you are so full of wisdom it scares me! I love my B*A*G* Lady! Especially when she dances into my day with this amazing moment of AHA!!! Thanks, Kim. YOU RAWK!!! =D

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