COMMUNITY COEXISTENCE: VALUES, ADVANTAGES AND EXAMPLES - CULTURE VOCABULARY - 2025

The community life is the need to relate to people in a community through constant communication based on love, tolerance and respect, in order to exchange with others in harmony for coexistence in different times and situations of the life.

From the moment in which man became sedentary, the notions of community and coexistence grew closer, to a point where both were intertwined within the ideas of the conformation of societies on the planet.

The bases of community coexistence are tolerance and respect. Source: pixabay.com

Living together is the action of interacting with other individuals, sharing values ​​such as empathy and understanding, which promote harmony and peace within a group of individuals who live in the same space.

On the other hand, when we speak of community, we refer to a group of individuals who have common elements, such as vision of the world, customs, perspective, location, value system and beliefs.

The scheme of values ​​that is taught in the family will have an important impact when socializing outside the home, with social groups with which there are coincidences and even differences, which interweave interpersonal relationships with a common goal.

Values ​​of community coexistence

The values ​​of community living are built on what is learned during the first process of socialization with the family. The first years of life are decisive for effective insertion in the following environments in which it must be shared.

Accordingly, the education in values ​​that is imparted must be aligned with the social and moral norms and rules of the country, city and community in which the individual operates. Among the most relevant values ​​of coexistence are the following:

Courtesy

It is the ability to be kind and good to those around us.

Integrity

It is about the honest and upstanding attitude that makes an individual trustworthy.

Respect

It is the ability to consider and value the other even if they are different.

Tolerance

It is about the ability to respect the opinion, ideas and attitudes of others even if they do not conform to your own.

Solidarity

It is the attitude of unity, support and unconditionality with respect to common or foreign situations.

Compassion

It is the ability to get in touch and understand the suffering of the other, showing interest or making that situation disappear or alleviate.

Dialogue

Action of arguing in an alternative way in order to solve a problem or reach favorable agreements for all.

Commitment

It is the ability to comply with obligations that have been assumed or that have been entrusted, regardless of the difficulties that arise.

Empathy

It is about the ability to put oneself in the position of the other and identify with their state of mind

Advantage

There are multiple advantages to living in a community assertively. For example, community living guarantees a pleasant place for development and the possibility of establishing effective and cordial relationships.

In these relationships, affection, commitment, collaboration and respect for the other become determining factors to achieve organized communities for their development and that of their members.

In this way, problems that may arise within the regular parameters of exchange between individuals from different backgrounds can be solved with the minimum of damage. On the contrary, the bonds of coexistence that define individuals as part of something are becoming closer.

Importance

According to some currents of thought, you can only be aware of the self from the existence of the other and the relationship that is established with it. Through this exchange that occurs in coexistence, the individual defines himself.

Community coexistence is important because it allows us to visualize the importance of societies and the resolution of problems, respecting the limits and accepting the rights of each one.

Fulfilling the commitments and obligations that we assume or are entrusted to us will avoid harm to ourselves and to others, since an uncomfortable and unpleasant climate for all will not arise.

Community coexistence must be promoted in favor of the strengthening of societies, their security, their stability, their evolution and the survival of the individual within their environments.

Social nature of the individual

The quality of a social entity prevents most individuals from remaining outside the interaction with other human beings, and although sometimes it is not so easy due to the sociocultural and economic differences that could be negative, it is important to shorten these distances and negotiate to not hinder the socialization process.

Coexistence is an essential and transcendent element oriented to the integral health of the individual, their well-being, their quality of life and their happiness.

Examples

Family community

It is made up of parents and children. In this, the first notions of coexistence are received and it is practiced through the understanding and use of the values ​​that are instilled, as well as the dynamics that are established.

School community

It is made up of teachers and students, administrative staff and anyone who contributes to the educational process in one way or another.

Religious community

It is a large community established worldwide and made up of different religions.

Scientific community

It is made up of the many professionals in the area, national or international, including the creators of technologies and the developers of inventions that have a decisive influence on the advancement of humanity.

World community

It is made up of all the inhabitants of the planet, without any type of distinction of race, color, country or gender.

National community

It is one that is made up of different communities within the same country.

Urban community

It corresponds to the environment of large cities and communities with city customs.

Rural community

It is made up of those who live within an area with limited resources, such as technology. The economy is sustained by the cultivation of the land, livestock and fishing, among other small-scale activities.

References

1. "Community coexistence" in the Order of San Agustín, province of Spain. Retrieved on March 1, 2019 from the Order of San Agustín, province of Spain: agustinos-es.org
2. "The ten values ​​to transmit to your child to live in society" in ABC Parents and children. Retrieved on March 2, 2019 from ABC Parents and children: abc.es
3. "The value of values" in The Spectator. Retrieved on March 2, 2019 from The Spectator: elespectador.com
4. “Our path towards community living” in Ziviler Friedensdienst. Retrieved on March 2, 2019 from Ziviler Friedensdienst: ziviler-friedensdienst.org
5. "Education for community coexistence" in Urban Planning José Lima Zuno. Retrieved on March 2, 2019 from Urbanismo José Lima Zuno: urbanismojoselimazuno.com