Sunday Dinner: Community

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“No man is an island, entire of itself;

every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.

If a clod be washed away by the sea,

Europe is the less,

as well as if a promontory were,

as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were:

any man’s death diminishes me,

because I am involved in mankind,

and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls;

it tolls for thee.”

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John Donne

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“If man is to survive,

he will have learned to take a delight

in the essential differences between men

and between cultures.

He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes

are a delight, part of life’s exciting variety,

not something to fear.”

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Gene Roddenberry

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“What should young people do with their lives today?

Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing

is to create stable communities

in which the terrible disease of loneliness

can be cured.”

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Kurt Vonnegut Jr

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“The single greatest lesson the garden teaches

is that our relationship to the planet

need not be zero-sum,

and that as long as the sun still shines

and people still can plan and plant,

think and do, we can, if we bother to try,

find ways to provide for ourselves

without diminishing the world. ”

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Michael Pollan

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“Remember that the happiest people

are not those getting more,

but those giving more.”

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H. Jackson Brown Jr.

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In Memory of Special Agent Michael Walter,

who was lost in the line of duty May 26-27, 2017

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Photos by Woodland Gnome 2017

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“But many of us seek community

solely to escape the fear of being alone.

Knowing how to be solitary

is central to the art of loving.

When we can be alone,

we can be with others without using them

as a means of escape.”

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bell hooks

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