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  For, brethren, ye have been called unto  liberty ; only  use  not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love  serve  one another. - Galatians 5:13 I have learned so much this week about love, charity, and how to incorporate both of those ideals into my personal social innovations efforts and my daily life.  I was very struck by the scripture above. I have been called to liberty.  Not everyone has been.  I have been called to liberty, but not to use it simply to exercise freedom of my flesh, but also by love to serve one another.  That gives me a very new outlook on every useful part of my freedom.  I have been praying a lot over the last few years to know what God would have me do with my life, my talents and abilities. I'm very talented. I am a skilled typist, singer, actor, communicator, leader, coach, mother, writer, director, public speaker, teacher, reader, hiker, baker, and the list could go on.  I'm not rich. My...

 This week learning about Self-Reliance and it's place in a Gap Analysis was interesting. I especially liked hearing from Dr. Yunnus and hearing the difference between Emerson's view of self-reliance and the current accepted term.  The old-school definition - being independent of social rules - seems very American. But that's also the mentality, I think, that led to a type of toxic behavior. Some call it toxic masculinity, but I would say that anyone can achieve this level of destructive selfishness, one that shows a disregard for any rules or conventions.  Not to say that conventions are the best thing ever, of course.  Anyway. I appreciate the clarification on the current meaning of self-reliance as being able to lift yourself out of poverty, be it spiritual, physical, or otherwise. Identifying that the basic cognitions that lead to self reliance is having responsibility which gives action towards self efficacy, leading to productive activity towards a long-term pe...