“’We help each other around here. That’s how we do,’ he said. Everything that came up in his garden was a foot higher and a sight denser than the neighboring plots, and often, I’d overhear other gardeners—sitting on the tailgates of their trucks in the car paths and chatting with Mr. Rose about football—sneak in a question here and there about how his vegetables grew so fine. He would rib them a little bit first, but then share advice—and offers of assistance—freely. ‘Most of us give away much more than we eat. But that’s about how it ought to be,’ he said.” -Theresa Honey Youngblood, from her reflection entitled “Green Beans”
How have you participated in a community of abundance and sharing?