Theme of the Year at Entreamigos: "To Care Is to Grow" Indira - Entreamigos
January 28, 2024

This year at Entreamigos we are working and reflecting on this two ideas "To Care Is to Grow." Caring and growing is, in essence, a round trip. It is the performance of actions that, in turn, give back to us and reflect us. Consider, for example, the act of caring for nature and all that it gives back to us so that we can grow physically, mentally and spiritually.

By caring for a plant, we get to see it blossom into a beautiful living being. This principle extends further: the satisfaction, the aroma, the flowers and fruits that the plant gives us are tangible manifestations of the care that it, in turn, offers us.

Another example is the Entreamigos Community Center itself. We care for children, providing them with safe spaces for growth and at the same time, the participation of the children and the community helps the center itself grow. Those of us who are developing projects here generate very deep relationships when we establish these bonds of care.

In this way, caring is growing and growing is caring because it is not a service we do for something or someone, but an intimate relationship that allows us to generate a world in which we can trust, love and feel content.

Caring/growing, in its deepest essence, is an act of love. Whether we care for the land, the water, others or ourselves, each act reflects a deep love. Caring/growing generates intimate relationships that allow us to trust, love and feel fulfilled. Thank you to all the hearts and minds that accompany and support us in this growing and caring.

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