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It does take a village. 

 

I’ve been thinking lately about my own village – both the people I consider to be in mine and those who I know rely on me for theirs.  Without great surprise, there is not unexpected overlap for me in those two groups.

 

I define village as those people to whom you would turn to celebrate the good times and share the bad, those people who you know are there for your phone call or text and would drop whatever they had going on if you sent up an SOS, those people who think you’re funny and make you feel good about yourself.

 

Just like we say about Gotham and maybe because of it, I am blessed that my village is both deep and wide.  I feel grateful every day to know that my village is actually more like a small town.

 

You know who you are in my world.

 

How do you define the village in your world?

Comments

Corey Bearak

What I enjoy involves overlapping Villages where you (and some others) connect folks in yours to people in a village that also includes you. Making sense.....

Submitted by Greg on Mon, 12/06/2021 - 23:08

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Gregory Rose

Couldn't agree more! Been lucky enough to have found some very good partners (some of whom in Gotham) that made this past year for me very rewarding, professionally and personally.
Shelley Simpson

This made me think of the Gershwin lyrics, "you say tomato and I say tomahto" except you say "village and I say "community" meaning the same thing, and just as in the movie from which the first song came, we all live happily ever after.
Dana Charlton

Nancy, I am most grateful to be in your village, as you and your partners recently displayed, and please know that you are in mine also.

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