Opportunity or community. What’s the difference?
By definition, these concepts are fundamentally different, yet they often intermingle. Opportunity asks, What can I gain? What can I achieve? Community asks, Who am I with? Who do I belong to? One is inherently self-focused; the other is inherently other-focused. Nearly every decision we make runs through one of those lenses.
And while we may not consciously label those choices, the tension between them is always there. Most…