Please take a couple minutes to be a part of the Common Ground 101 project and share your commonalities with the world!
Hunger
Thurst
Fragility
Need to love
Need to be loved
Fear
Desire for good health
Egoes
Desire to be successful
To live a fruitful life
Longing for shared love of family and friends
The desire for good health--physical and mental
The need for clean water and nutritious food
We want to be safe and free from fear and anxiety
The need for fulfillment
The desire to share joy and laughter with one another
Peaceful sleep
Being able to experience beauty in the natural or created world
Linking to our past, and our future
A desire to experience transcendence
breathing
birth
awareness
experiences
emotions
love
reason
learning
growth
inspiration
Need to breathe, in and out, in and out.
Joy in dancing.
The blue sky above.
Rain wind snow sun and the changing weather.
The stars above.
Laughter
Pain.
Waking up.
Going to sleep.
Dreaming.
Existence
Love
Mother Earth
curiosity
Life Cycle
Emotions
Rituals
Language
Art
Stories
Faith
Life and death
Ubuntu - I am, because we are!
Common Ancestor(s)
Storytelling
Life (force, need, motivation)
Understanding (or wisdom)
Desire to be accepted and loved (or liked)
Motivation
Skills and challenges
Curiosity drives daily life
Love for stories, imagination
Appreciation for aesthetics
Enjoyment of storytelling or narratives
Seeking understanding and knowledge
Desire to create something
Finding joy in small things
Helping others be their best self
Interest in learning and growth
Caring for and supporting animals
Desire for Good health
A baby's laughter
A colorful sunset
Music we grew up with
Safety
Success for our Children
A deep sleep
To be loved
Finding something we've lost
Having enough to Eat
water
food
shelter in a clean environment
a way to earn a living
a community
personal security
several close friends
honest government
access to teducation
access to unbiased news sources