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Our Mission

GlenM February 15th, 2015

I started this section and called it Glens nook. I plan on hanging out here more often. Ill listen, share my thinking with you, and hope to get to know many of you as we continue to grow our community.

We wanted to share our mission with you before publishing it. We believe that every voice is important and every voice matters. Please share your thoughts on our mission below.

Our Mission:

7 Cups of Tea is for anyone who wants to live in a world where the human experience is free from stigma and stereotypes and rich with love and support. A world where all 7 billion of us can grow and feel like we truly belong.

We believe that each one of us is inherently valuable. We do not measure people based on where they are from, what they look like, or what position they hold. We recognize that people make sense in the larger story of their lives. We understand that people are complicated and that life is not simple or easy.

We are all on the same path. Some of us are just starting out. Others are further down the road. No matter where we are, being kind, compassionate, and accepting of one another enables us all to grow.

We do not tolerate people being mean, harmful, or rejecting of others. We do not judge or look down on people.

Although there are forces that tend to disempower and create division, we stand together as we compassionately care for and champion one another. We see our differences as a strength. We are united in our shared goal of creating a place where all can find acceptance and be welcomed to a home where we all belong.

Our Goal: We are living in a world with an immense love deficit, which means that none of us is receiving the love we need to reach our true potential, to truly thrive. Our goal is to build a support system, a web, that can hold every member of our world. We believe that we can fill that love-gap for every person in the world, either because they are an active member of our community or because they are touched personally by someone who has been empowered by 7 Cups of Tea. We will reach this goal when we provide 100 million positive and supportive conversations each and every week.

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CompassionateHeart2 February 17th, 2015

This is perfectly stated, I agree and love this. Also, definitely agree that being kind, compassionate and especially accept others, lets us all grow. :)

7yatklk February 17th, 2015

It is important to listener in your life ... Some dont have that ... I love how this app is providing the world an important thing in life ... Someone who cares and listen

quietinside February 17th, 2015

i realized not everything in life you will get and want....

quietinside February 17th, 2015

life is all about choices,and choices are all about making what's right

faithfulLemon5633 February 18th, 2015

This was really helpful! I am extremely pleased with how you guys left the ios for the apple download at an older model, the pc layout is also very well organized and the colourchoices somehow are actually comforting!yes

Opal70 February 18th, 2015

I enjoyed reading this manifesto, it summarizes in detail what 7 Cups of Tea stands for and ultimately trying to achieve.

However in the part "~~Our Goal: We are living in a world with an immense love deficit, which means that none of us is receiving the love we need to reach our true potential"

I find the words 'none of us' to be quite definite and can also create a sense of hopelessness, maybe replace the words 'none of us' to 'many of us'. I think assumptions such as this, can hinder not help.

Great work all in all!

TeaMaster1 February 18th, 2015

I've enjoyed doing this for the few weeks that I've had an account. it's a great way to feel like you're making an impact on others, and you can do it on your own time without going anywhere!

nina50 February 18th, 2015

I have found help just with people listening at what i choose to share. Some listeners are great while others tend to pre-judge without letting you say exactly what is youre trying to say. For the most part it is a very good place to be even if you just want to vent. I havent got quite comfortable in the chat rooms yet but i am working on it. So glad to be a part of this community. We all have our ups and downs and different things in life were dealing with

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Opal70 February 21st, 2015

Nina, how wonderful that you find 7 Cups of Tea to be helpful. Sounds like being able to vent and being listened to without judgment, is important to you. Everyone's thoughts and feelings are important, and deserve to be treated with care and respect.

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Randy1 February 18th, 2015

Hi Glen,

First, this is a terrific project. Just nothing short of a game changer. As you said you would be hanging out on this post, I wanted to bring something up. Apologies if this has been addressed before. I notice 7 Cups really bangs the No Advice drum, which is a good thing. No dispute there. However, I was thinking about the concept of mental health diagnoses and the temptation to assign them. As a licensed counselor, technically I am qualified to do that, though I wouldn't as this is not the place for that. But I bring this up because I have been a part of other social media type groups where the focus is psychology, and you've got a bunch of undergrads with a nickel's worth of knowledge diagnosingone another. It's a trainwreck. My assumption is that 7Cups has a policy against this, though I have yet to see anything about it. Now, I'm not talking about formal case conceptualization, but I do think it is potentially dangerous for a Listener to label a guest or a member with a diagnosis, even something so "benign" as depression or anxiety. The other day I had a guy on the chat who was definitely Schizotypal but I didn't say anything. It got me wondering though how someone else might have handled it. I guess my entire point here is that Noni reminds us all the time not to give advice, but I don't see anything about labels. I just wanted to throw that out there, see what others think. I'm not saying people should be trained use them, but I do think people should be cautioned nonetheless. Thoughts?

Spiderman93 February 19th, 2015

@GlenM love this. Will share the link for it on fb! #7CupsForChange #7CupsStronger