#mutual responsibility

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Warring S.Sudan leaders accept 'responsibility' for civil war

Arusha (Tanzania) (AFP) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his arch-rival rebel chief Riek Machar said Monday they accepted mutual responsibility for a 10-month civil war in which thousands of people have been killed. Source: AFP

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The Duty within Relationships?

I know we all like to joke that we're going to be forever alone, but we also know that there will be that day where we find our significant other.

Yet, for those that venture into such situations, they experience problems and get hurt, or hurt others.

I've been asked quite a few times, 'What is our duty within a relationship?'

There's no 'duty'; there's mutual responsibility. Co-dependency is one of the main driving forces within a healthy relationship. When you love someone and they also reciprocate, both individuals should exert equal amounts of effort into the relationship. There should be only 'we' in a relationship, and not the selfish 'I'. When you're in a relationship, you have to constantly remind yourself that others may not be comfortable at times, and it is in your best interest to make them feel at ease when around you. Look at things from their perspective to stop yourself from unintentionally accusing them; understand things from their point of view from time to time.

And boys, don't think that this is just coming from a female. My significant other actually made me think a lot about this. He was the one that actually said a lot that concerns this topic:

"I guess first and foremost is to love the person your with in spite of any faults that they may have. You will find that it is the smallest imperfections in a person that make them who they are, and you will ultimately come to cherish those aspects the most. Value anytime you spend with them, whether it be in joy or in strife, for true understanding can only be achieved by observing all facets of the one you love, which in turn with further strengthen the bond you share. Make sure they feel safe. Everybody is brought into this world with their own insecurities, and the person you love is no exception. It is your 'duty' to identify these insecurities through conversation, observation, and the simple gift of quality time. This knowledge will help you gain a better understanding of your significant other. It is up to you to ease these worries and show them just how beautiful living from day to day can be. Above all else, make them feel appreciated. Everybody is burdened by the often unexpected complications presented to them by life, and these troubles can make life very tedious. The best way to alleviate these tensions is to show them that there is always someone who will love them for who they are and what they do. Never take acts of kindness that they perform regularly for you for granted. You must remember at all times that such actions take precious time and energy that could otherwise be devoted to their own problems."

Loving someone is accepting their imperfections. It is not about finding the perfect one; it is about finding a place in your heart to accept someone as your perfect one.

Just putting this out there, citizens of the tumblr community. Good luck in each and every one of your relationships.

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Economists Have Misunderstood Human Beings

"Capitalism has made us all money-centric, self centric" - Dr. Muhammad Yunus

Unemployment is a burning issue everywhere. It has no doubt touched upon you or people close to you. The question is; Why should anyone be "employed"? Are all our business really that good for us, good for our ecology or our society? MUST we remain slaves to this system of endless work for endless manufacturing? Are we so blind that even looking around us right now, we cannot see the clifftop we are so close to walking off? It is possible to grow and distribute all of the food and basic necessities every human being needs even less than 10% of world population 'employed', or with each person working for 2 hours a day.  Why manufacture endlessly when it ends up damaging our society, our ecology, our health consequently? In short, why not rely on happiness for thing that we KNOW TO WORK and do not need commercials, money, distribution networks and ecologic destruction? Why not go for more time with family, friends and nature instead?

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UBUNTU

"An anthropologist studying the habits and customs of an African tribe found himself surrounded by children most days. So he decided to play a little game with them. He managed to get candy from the nearest town and put it all in a decorated basket. at the foot of a tree. Then he called the children and suggested they play the game. When the anthropologist said "now", the children had to run to the tree and the first one to get there could have all the candy to him/herself. So the children all lined up waiting for the signal. When the anthropologist said "now", all of the children took each other by the hand ran together towards the tree. They all arrived at the same time divided up the candy, sat down and began to happily munch away. The anthropologist went over to them and asked why they had all run together when any one of them could have had the candy all to themselves. The children responded: "Ubuntu. How could any one of us be happy if all the others were sad?" Question:

Can you be happy if your partner, your child, or your friend is sad? If no, why?

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Team Building Exercises

Demonstrations of many great games that inspire collaboration and teamwork in people. Highly recommended in any collaborative setting, from family to office to neighborhood to Planet Earth. "In sum, the dominant theme of human evolution may have been the expansion of various modes of social co-operation (including co-operative modes of competition), which have been rewarded with commensurate bioeconomic benefits. To reiterate, competition and co-operation are not mutually exclusive explanations for human evolution; both played an important role in shaping our evolution. Nevertheless, the thesis here is that increasingly potent (and selectively advantageous) forms of social co-operation may have given our ancestors the competitive edge." - Dr. Peter A. Corning

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Kindness Boomerang "I have now reached the point where I may indicate briefly what to me constitutes the essence of the crisis in our time. It concerns the relationship of the individual to society. The individual has become more conscious than ever of his dependence upon society. But he does not experience this dependence as a positive asset, as an organic tie, as a protective force, but rather as a threat to his natural rights, or even to his economic existence. Moreover, his position in society is such that the egotistical drives of his make-up are constantly being accentuated, while his social drives, which are by nature weaker, progressively deteriorate. All human beings, whatever their position in society, are suffering from this process of deterioration. Unknowingly prisoners of their own egotism, they feel insecure, lonely, and deprived of the naive, simple and unsophisticated enjoyment of life. Man can find meaning in life, short and perilous as it is, only through devoting himself to society." - Albert Einstein Watch as the camera tracks an act of kindness as its passed from one individual to the next and manages to boomerang back to the person who set it into motion.

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“An economist says that the more for you is essentially less for me, but the lover knows that the more for you is more for me, too. If you love somebody then their happiness is your happiness; their pain is your pain.

Your sense of self expands to include other beings. That’s love. Love is expansion of the self to include the other. And that’s a different kind of revolution: there’s no one to fight, there’s no ‘other’ in this revolution.

Everyone has a unique calling and it’s really time to listen to that. That’s what the future is going to be. It’s time to get ready for it, help contribute to it and make it happen.” – Charles Eisenstein, from the upcoming movie Occupy Love.