52 Weeks of Neighboring - Week 1
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Neighboring Tip of the Week - Take a Valentine to each of the neighbors on your block or floor.
Welcome to Week 1 of Year 5 of the 52 Weeks of Neighboring, and…Happy Valentine’s Day!
Today, we encourage you to celebrate the holiday by taking a Valentine to each of the neighbors on your block or floor!
Of course, these Valentines may look however you wish. Whether they look like homemade Valentines, store-bought Valentines, or a plate of Valentines cookies, your neighbors will love them. This is also a very family friendly activity. Maybe your children can write each Valentine, and then you can deliver them together as a family? As always, we just ask that any delivery you make to your neighbors right now is done while practicing physical distancing!
Delivering Valentines is a simple way to promote neighborliness wherever you live. Each one helps to create a positive, welcoming spirit on your block or floor, and they are perfect conversation starters!
Happy neighboring!
P.S. Because this is Week 1, we want to take a moment to remind you of our intentions with this next year of neighboring tips. Here is what we would ask of you:
Read each tip.
If any individual tip stands out to you, or grabs your attention in any particular way, do it!
Why do we ask this?
Neighboring is a seemingly slow transformation, but transformation is happening! We recognize that 52 weeks of tips is a lot of tips, and this is why we do not ask you to do all of them. Instead, experiment with any you would like! They are here to strike chords with any chords that are to be struck. As we always say, neighboring moves at the speed of trust. This may be a concept that seems very contrary to our human nature, or to our culture that often tells us that everything has to be instantaneous, but over time, the transformation of neighboring will act like compound interest. Relationships are fostered, trust is fostered, community is fostered, and all the while, these are compounded and compounded and compounded. And here’s the thing: neighboring is an investment that always yields returns, and these returns are not just for you but for everyone!