They say you can choose your friends, but not your family. Wendell Berry has written about the health of the farms in a society as a good indicator of the health of its nation. The spirit of connection (the real meaning of religion- from ligare to "bind",) inspires me to think of a new way to extend family into farmily. I have seen it at the Grange as it closes each meeting to ask if there is anyone sick or in need in the community, in some churches, at recovery groups, but never in the polling booth. Democracy with a party system divides us: always in half, and sometime into dozens of factions. The fact that 51% can make a decision, (yes, sometimes it takes 67% to get by politicians blovination,) guarantees 49% will be unhappy, does not a farmily make. Consensus is a good start, but really at some point we have to realize that there is no me, only we; we are all in the same boat and nobody gets out alive. Enough is enough. Just enjoy it.
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