At the same time, most of us come with some scars that haven't still healed or they are not gonna go away for a very long time. When someone pushes the limit and opens up the scar, it's not going to be a very happy place. The struggle takes another turn and the safe place that we are trying to build can pretty easily turned into a personal battle field. It's a struggle among the resident themselves and personally myself to create a safe place where we all can live together without doing harm to each other. I have noticed few things among few individuals. In the mist of everything, I personally trying to observe, reflect, consult and address any issues that arises among the community member. During, the camping trip or even before that, there was some tension among the community members. Even though, we kind of live together, we do things together, we still fail to recognize each other as human beings. We are carried away by our ego and personal greed. To ease the tension, we did and activity during our camping trip (hold each others hand and look in the eyes of everyone who was there for 30s to a min). That was super helpful to see how people connected with each other and release some of the tension and the conflicts. Any other activity that connects the community at a human level would be really awesome. Looking for any suggestion or activity that you might have........
Prasanna, such an insightful post. You are such a deep and present soul, like the very "still water that runs deep," as my mother would say. I so appreciate that about you. You have a strong presence to push people to be their better selves. I think as we have talked over the past couple of weeks, this is one of your most awesome qualities. We know that we must challenge people to grow. On that note, I think we must also support them at the appropriate level. Education is about applying the right amount of support and challenge. I feel confident that you challenge the students to be their better selves. Remember, support at this age level could mean playing and having fun and just experiencing some of the water in the shallows. Not everyone knows how to swim, so if we want to prevent them from drowning, we much teach them in the shallows first. Let me them play and have fun and experience some of the aspects of college community and also challenge them in some of the harder areas. I hope that make sense. I offer that response as I want you to be successful in this model of education in the residence halls. Let's continue to wade towards the deepest water, but only in balance with some breaks in the shallows......
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