Thinking about my community

This week’s questions from the rabbi for Elul focus on community.  For me, that is pretty undefined.  My work community is spread across the country (my closest client is 500 miles away).  My day-to-day community revolves around Suzanne — her school, her friends parents — this community overlaps significantly with my Jewish community (since she goes to school at the synagogue!).

The place where I feel that I probably haven’t spent enough time is in the community where I live — in Albuquerque.  Before moving to New Mexico, and starting a virtual business, I worked for local governments and was very, very involved in my community through the Junior Chamber of Commerce.  I think I spent every other weekend at a fair or a festival — manning a booth, etc.

Except for helping out at Suzanne’s school and with the Sisterhood, I am not out in the greater Albuquerque community much — it feels like I actually work in NYC not NM.

But… there is a lot that need to be done, right here, in New Mexico…  One of my goals for this next year is to try to find a way to get there a little and see how I can help.