Creating A Community And Finding Purpose | Stephen Jon Thompson | TEDxCarsonCity 

"My success is a symptom of my community." Powerful words

This speaks to the very core of our humanity. It's so easy to get wrapped up in ourselves and go through life blindly governed by the empty doctrines fed to us from a young age. It's too easy to forget what truly matters, and that is community, community is what matters.

One of the best TED Talks I've ever watched. So profound and inspiring. In our quest to become fiercely independent, we've lost our sense of community, and it's had some horrible implications for society.

What does your ideal community look like? Want your friends to succeed, everyone wants someone cheering in their corner. If you connect to people, you are always bound to them. Have a strong vital network, personal connections Alone, struggling to connect, it is important to build networks

i think most people are so hurt they have to display toughness... they are so weak they have to dominate. they can't love if they are not loved, they can't give if they are not asked... they fear, but they think it's braveness. to be able to work hours and hours, medidating for days and days... not needing anybody? being free from the outcomes? being independent... but are we? why would we be? you are teaching something i'm sure there might be in all kinds of holy books out there: love to be loved. don't fear to love. thank you.

Muchas gracias por compartir esta experiencia, cruda y muy necesaria. Soy un creyente que la mayoria de los desafíos de este mundo lo podemos superar trabajando como comunidad.

A personal and touching story of hope and inspiration from an amazing person. Thank you for spreading the message to create the community we all want to live in.

“If you don’t have a strong vital network, you will have nothing.” ~ Extremely Wise Words 👏

Wow! That was one of the best talks I've ever heard and I have heard a lot of talks! You are spot on my friend!

It was so emotional! It really touched me and made me think. Thank you so much

standing ovation here from Brazil!

Yes the promise one makes to oneself helps you grow . Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true.

That was so inspiring. Thank you for sharing.

Very Impactful, thank you for sharing this with the world.

Mr. Thompson: Read to children at your local elementary school Jared, 19: 👁👄👁

This was great! Thank you for sharing your story. :)

Wonderful!! Thank you for sharing this. I do not know where I would be without my peers and my community. I also appreciate your story and your vulnerability. It helps to share such things for many others struggling through the same obstacles. Thank you!!

What an amazing story!

im only here for online school....

This was extremely inspiring!!!!

Thanks for this speech, it hit a nerve

This is beautiful ❤ Bravo Stephen 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼

Thank you for sharing your story, Steve!

this is so beautiful. thank you for sharing

Thank you for sharing.

Well done! You're an inspiration.

I am happy your explanation to listening.

I'd like my community and its members to reflect people like you, Mr. Thompson. Thanks for sharing :))

I admire you. Awesome speech!!

Very inspiring and INSPIRED

He's great inside out❤‍🔥

This is excellent ‼️

I love this so much.

Amazing...

Wow, thank you.

powerful video

It’s tricky as a neurodivergent person because I have trouble communicating with some people.

very very inspiring

He is an overcommer!

Wow what a talk and life braaavo

You open my eyes man I was asleep 😅💕

Wow, 5 yrs ago. Still relevant! 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

sana all

Without a loving community you are lost.

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Wow! God....amazing life, amazing survivor. But what became of your siblings?

Gorgeous ❤

chúc mừng năm mới ạ

I have tried not to connect for so long, it's time that I listen to God and connect.

Amazing speech, although it seems like he is very nervous because his pacing makes me dizzy

Basjcally take the initiative socially

Pttthh

What is the central idea

Okay so let me ask you one question I never was raised in a community so I really don't know what you're really talking about I'm really telling you I'm just the first person that was not raising the community I was raised in a foster home for 20 years so when I come out to the community I'm thinking I'm coming outside in God's world not a community world I don't get it I've been looking in my community and it seems like my community don't got it together and I live in New York City and it's no leaders strong leaders in New York at all their deadbeat dads and that be police and deadbeat everybody's on drugs the Washington is on drugs the world's on drugs I mean what is the purpose of life if your government and your community can't get it together and where is God and I will community no one goes and says things about God's laws and God's rules and they don't have rules in the community there's no rules they are rules but nobody goes by them because they go by the world they don't go by God's rules of the world and this is where the problem is people don't believe that God is working for them they don't have no faith

Honestly this is not how it goes , I call bs. It started with the whole no electricity at a motel ?!?? To the fact that I know who he claims to is not a realistic person because anyone that has been in the system knows you’re in the system and you’re not allowed to leave. This so called “community “ he speaks of is not real and if he found a community they would of made sure he got caught doing something to keep him incarcerated or would of wanted him dead for having all these desires to be better than them

So it's not what you knew but who you knew that enabled you to enter college. How is that fair on anyone?

Your success probably came from the company hiring a person to fulfill an ESG quota and raise an ESG corporate score. 😂

great story. needs to work on delivery, pauses at awkward times and made it hard to listen. Practice!

11 min. of useless sob stories, 2 min. of actual useful stuff.