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Building Your Village
Are You Building Your Village to Achieve Life Success?
“It takes a village to raise a child” is an African proverb that means an entire community of people must interact with children for those children to grow in a safe and healthy environment. It also became a popular saying in American culture several decades back. My precept is that a village of people to help each of us to reach anything close to our full potential. My life is an example of how this works and I’m proud of what my village has helped me to accomplish so far in my lifetime. Building your village to achieve life success is a worthy goal.
Very little is accomplished in life all on our own. Instead, our achievements are the product of the village we have created for ourselves. This village consists of the people and resources we assemble in order to achieve the goals we have in mind.
For example, as I was out for my morning walk I passed by a house where a family with five very little children used to live. I believe there was at least one set of twins and the oldest was about five years old. A man was coming out of the house as I walked by, and I stopped to asked him if he knew what had happened to that family.
As we were speaking, the front door opened and out stepped a beautiful young lady. The man pointed and said, “This is…
