I belong to many communities. First off, the main community I would say I belong to is Christianity. I feel I have strong faith. I was born and raised a christian but I think that I truly became a christian when I was in 8th grade. I just finally felt like God was actually talking to me in Church and he was. Now no one is perfect, yes I make mistakes and I sin but that does not make you not part of the "community." I think you can always be in this community even if you don't attend church or don't practice faith at all. I think if you believe that God died for your sins and is your savior I think you will always be a part of the community. Over the years, I would say I do not attend church as much as I did when I was younger and I am not very active in church anymore but I always feel welcomed. It is not always clear who believes or who doesn't. I do not judge, I believe you have the right to believe in whatever you want just like I have the right to believe in God. There are many values and beliefs I share with this community. I do not agree with all of it but I do believe in God. I believe Christianity is an important part of who I am. I have based my morals and believes on this community.
Another community I belong to would be athletes. I love working out and playing sports. I'm not good at every sport but I am not horrible either. I was very young when I first starting playing sports, I started with basketball and continue to play today. I also played soccer, softball, and gymnastics. I am not on any teams but I play basketball at the gym all the time just for fun. I wish I would've kept playing on a team but someone with my height does not usually make it too far is basketball without being amazingly good. I feel less a part of this community because I am not on a team but I still feel like I workout and play enough to still be an athlete. I think that it is clear who is and is not an athlete, you can tell by their level and energy and activity. Someone who is not is not very energetic and not active obviously. I don't think you have to be good, I think you just have to love playing. Sports and athleticism are a part of who I am because I have been playing for so long and I just love to play sports. I love beach volleyball and everything. A think a certain value that sports helps to develop is competitiveness and sportsmanship. Learning how to deal with losing is something everyone should be able to do. You don't always lose in sports but you lose "battles" with life all the time. Being able to accept things and move on to try harder is something I have gained from being an athlete.
