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From Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want, by Barbara Sher
"Pioneer families and small farmers had to pool their labor to get their
barns built, their crops plowed and harvested, their corn husked. In the
process, they reaffirmed the bonds of community---and had a whale of a
good time. Working together toward vital common goals strengthened their
relationships as it lightened their labor. There was no split in their
lives between love and work, self-interest and mutual aid. In our
complex and technically advanced society, we no longer need each other's
direct and personal help to survive. We're still dependent on other
people, but the cooperation that keeps us alive has become abstract and
impersonal. We can buy houses built by strangers. We can stand in line
at the supermarket to buy our food. We can open the Yellow Pages and
hire a doctor or a plumber. We exchange most goods and services for
money instead of love. We've gained the freedom to pursue our individual
goals--and that's a precious freedom--but we've paid a high price: the
community of purpose that once fused work and relationship into a
meaningful whole. Our most practical and satisfying way of getting
things done is still together. And the proof is that so much of our
potential stays stubbornly locked inside us as long as we try to tap it
alone.
Mary Ellen
Snowflakes are on of nature's most fragile things,
but just look at what they can do
when they stick together.

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