# What is your ideal community? **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussion\ **Tags:** previously-featured, community-vision, vision, values, seeking-community\ **Created:** [April 8, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.ic.org/t/what-is-your-ideal-community/817 "2022-04-08T14:27:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
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**Introducing The Wimmin** It isn’t so long ago, or so far away, not really. In that timespace there is no word for fear. In villages and towns, on the land, in the woods, on the shores, fear is unknown. On the plains, in the hills, along the rivers, fear does not exist. On the roads and in the homes, there is no need for fear. Seasons and temperatures make no difference, nor does the lightness of sunrise or the dark of night. This is the world of the Wimmin. _The Wimmin know grief for there are partings,_ _disappointments, death._ _The Wimmin know regret for in any time or place_ _hasty words can be spoken._ _The Wimmin know disappointment for not always_ _does anyone get everything wanted or in the way expected._ _The Wimmin understand hardship for the weather can be bitter and_ _even here the crops can fail and sickness can come into a body. Yet,_ _they don’t call these things hardships as we would. To them these are_ _cycles of life._ _Anger is not unknown. There are momentary sparks quickly released_ _and aimed at no one and no thing._ _There is no fear of hunger for grains are stored for the lean years. Never_ _among the wimmin does one starve while others are sated._ _Since all have what is needed, there is no fear of loss._ _Since all are respected and treated with kindness, there is no fear of_ _revenge._ _In the Wimmin there is no word for fear—for there is nothing to fear,_ _no one to fear, to envy, to be jealous of, no one to distain or despise, no_ _one to outwit or defeat or even to defend against._ _In a people who do not fear, giving and sharing bring the greatest joy._ _Assisting each other and working together in good spirit, laughter and_ _song is a given._ _For a people who do not fear, all that is done is creative, expansive._ _Planting, building, celebrating, making clothing, crafting homes and_ _earthware and baskets and adornments. Using colors, textures, rocks or_ _shells, grasses or woods, fabrics or clays, fingers or knives. All is done in the_ _ease of there-is-always-plenty-of-time to make things beautiful, to make_ _them just right, to go with the maker’s imagination, to savor the making._ _The Wimmin labor for themselves and for each other, their work always of_ _the essentials— shelter, food, satisfaction, laughter, creativity, connection._ _Since all use according to need, there is no waste. Since each uses what_ _she needs, no more or less, there are no shortages._ _Since all trust in each other, there is no hoarding. Profit is quite beyond_ _the comprehension of the Wimmin._ Among the Wimmin happiness is highly regarded. Although they would be surprised we even note that, for what is there besides joy and appreciation of life, of each other, of the Earth. Joy is connection, the Wimmin live in connection. They know no other way. All is done from the heart, is given from the heart, is enjoyed from the heart. And the heart is a most creative place. When there is no fear, the heart can be most open indeed. To the Wimmin there is no question but to attend the tiniest first feelings of imbalance or dis-ease whether in themselves or each other. The Wimmin’s days are filled with appreciation, with the big and little, alone and together celebrations—some quiet, some downright rowdy, in the laughing and dancing sense, of course. The Wimmin appreciate, and even more than that treasure and take delight in themselves, each other, the Earth, every part of their lives. Although they do not know the word, compassion fills the lives of the Wimmin—for the joys and agonies of one are felt by all. Another word the Wimmin do not know is Lesbian. Yet, these wimmin love other wimmin from the very depths of their being. The Wimmin know Love. Not so long ago there is no word for fear. Can we for a moment imagine a world, a life, a society without fear? On the surface no and no again. Yet, look a little deeper— feel that sigh, feel the heart expand, feel the start-ofa-smile, feel the tears just behind the eyes. The Knowing of this Life is in us. We can touch it, remember it. And, we can help to create it, live it again. For I am of the Wimmin as are you. Not so long ago, or so far away, not really, the Wimmin live on the land and in villages, unable to imagine fear. Knowing only connection, creativity and celebration. They call it life. Perhaps it is time for us also to once again live. Shall we live, build our lives— together. **Jae Haggard** _Sinister Wisdom #72 issue_ --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.ic.org/t/what-is-your-ideal-community/817)._