Interview - Full Response

Thomas Moore   with The Rev. Wayne Walder

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So, some way of honouring each other.

I remember one of the things we did . When I stuck my neck out where the world thought I was crazy, I would get a letter from one of my friends in this group telling me how great they thought I was. They told me how much they appreciated my ideas. Those letters and that support meant everything to me. I didn’t have to have it from others in the world, but if I got it from my peers, it meant everything. And it kept me going.

What I’m saying, I think is, you might consider putting together some “habits of appreciation”. If people could understand how important it is to hear appreciation for their work, in a very real way, they might do it. I don’t mean just standing up and giving someone a gold watch, that kind of thing. But in a very real way, saying: “I’m behind you,” “People may not understand what you’re doing, but I’m really behind you on this.” I think that kind of thing within a community would help tremendously.