Wednesday, April 05, 2006

A reply to a comment: How do we change from a Survivor religion to flourishing religion

A person who quits (a quitter) because he/she does not get his/her way is not my idea of a future leader. A person who threatens to leave an organization or movement because their personal needs are not fulfilled is not a future leader (at least of that movement). I have no problem with constructive criticism and discussion. I do have a problem with kvetches who find pleasure in kvetching about things and bringing nothing constructive to the table except constant personal attacks. Jews have been doing this for too long throughout history and continuing today. We have not grown because we, in my opinion, as a people, are chronically discontent.

We have to get beyond that and change the kvetch mentality to a productive proactive change mentality. If we could change this apparent mindset, maybe, we could expand our agenda from being a "survivor" religion to a flourishing religion.


Shalom. Jeremy

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