CARE
The familiar meaning
Looking after someone or something.
Let's look again.
What if care is a way of being in relationship with the world, as well as a feeling towards someone or something? We show care through attention, presence, nourishment, maintenance and repair: by noticing what needs us and responding. We create conditions in which people, plants, animals, places and the things we value can continue to thrive. Perhaps care is one way of acknowledging that nothing exists entirely on its own: life depends on reciprocal relationships.
A HomeBeing definition:
Care is active participation in sustaining life.