Spontaneity Enriches Community

Spontaneity can powerfully enrich the development of authentic community. I think this is because you can't plan spontaneous interactions--how you will act or react to situations. In spontaneous circumstances you have no other option but to be yourself. Spontaneity can enrich community because it gives people the chance to be themselves--to be accepted as they truly are--without putting their best foot forward so to speak. Spontaneity creates space for genuine self-disclosure. And where genuine self-disclosure is in place, community can be enriched.
I was recently reminded of the importance of spontaneity within community a few months back when my wife and I moved to WI. After a few weeks in our new community, we met another couple that we had a lot in common with. It was a friendship with potential. We talked about hanging out, but never made it happen in a consistent way. One day when my wife and I were near their neighborhood, we decided to give them a call to see if they could hang out. It was a spontaneous phone call met with a spontaneous response. We have spontaneously been hanging out with them ever since. Spontaneity can enrich community.