Epilogue

Sharing the Harvest

A Commitment to Community

M

y kitchen garden is a metaphor for our community. The soil is like a

gathering place; the seeds are words we use to communicate. Th e wiser

the words, the better we grow to understand what is true, and it is shared

truth that governs the actions that can lead to a peaceful community.

I’m deeply committed to community.

All my adult life I’ve tried to sow a few good words to encourage my neigh­

suit of happiness by way of countless diver­

sions have limited the time we seem

prepared to spend with one another

over the family dinner table. I didn’t

see this from some kind of ivory

tower; it surrounded me, as I too was

swept along in a mud slide of com­

mercial opportunism.

I really wanted out, and struggled

bors to eat together, to share good things, and to find joy in their journeys.

I’ve watched, with sadness, as life pressures and the more rapid pur­

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