Here is what we are going to build into our lives if you come with me on this journey: Proximity. Communal fires have been in the center of village life, bringing neighbors together to cook, to celebrate, to gather after dark and connect. Who do you see most often, and where? Transparency. Most of the world has never lived with locked doors and fences. And while that might be a necessity in our homes, it isn’t a necessity in our relationships. Who can you most truly be yourself with? Accountability to Others. In many villages this looks like tribal elders, people who have permission to wallop
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