The scent of the undergrowth after rain makes me look forward to our discussion on the possibility of a rural community.
I am a bit torn. I know that it would be healthy to join such an adventure, but I can't help feeling also that secluding one's self in cut off community might be a cop-out. Towns and cities need change, need people re-energising community on every strata. It's not just poorer communities (who everyone seems to point at and focus on). In order for it to work, everyone, even the people who don't financially 'need' community need to see why they might just need community. That their mistrust of other people, or insistence on going to the superstore instead of the local shop is just as detrimental to the fabric of society as the teenage yobs they complain about. And the steps to this are so small, so small. Talking to the people who live on your street. If you have a front porch or front garden, sit in it or garden in it and talk to the people passing by. Give them a carrot, and ask them how their day's been.
Reaching out, not hiding away is the simplest step to make a change.
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Beautiful picture.
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