The Stone Soup of Community Development
There are various versions of a fable that goes something like this: there is a community that lives in quiet disconnection, thinking it has nothing, until a stranger comes into town. He presents the only thing he has to offer to the community: a stone. Inspired, the community members offer what they have, a potato, garlic, some corn – and together the community sees it does have something! They can create a beautiful and rich broth with the gifts that each of them have to offer.
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