Accepting that you belong to your family will almost certainly result in being hurt and taken advantage of by others. Accepting that you belong to the church will almost certainly make you vulnerable and cost you time and resources you could more efficiently use to advance yourself. Accepting that you belong to the place where you live will force you to care about your neighbors when it would be much easier to write the place off and move away. This last implication is particularly difficult for young people who have been brought up to believe that they are free to move wherever they like, to
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