{"id":5860,"date":"2016-07-22T01:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=5860"},"modified":"2016-07-21T16:18:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T23:18:27","slug":"our-tribes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/our-tribes\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Tribes . . . Prompt #273"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m thinking about our connections with one another. This excerpt seems timely.<\/p>\n

\"Your<\/a>Excerpt from Your Mythic Journey<\/em> by Sam Keen and Anne Valley-Fox<\/p>\n

“Pre-modern people didn’t think of themselves as individuals \u2014 they were members of a tribe as well as of a family. Ancient philosophers knew that human dignity begins with ‘We are a people, therefore I am.’ Modern people are tribal too but we call our tribes by different names \u2014\u00a0 churches, corporations, states, nations. Each of us was nurtured within and shaped by several corporate bodies, voluntary organizations and professional corporations that molded our values and behavior \u2014 schools, athletic teams businesses, clubs, temples, and local, national, and international governments.”<\/p>\n

Prompt:<\/strong>\u00a0 I am from . . .<\/p>\n

Or: <\/strong>What uniforms or emblems have you worn?<\/p>\n

Or:<\/strong> What groups have you been a member of?\u00a0 Brownies, Blue Birds, Daisies, Girl Scouts, athletic groups, sorority, secret clubs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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