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What if we all had to live together?

Leo Buscaglia, in his book "Love", poses this very same question. Well, close to it anyway. His original question thought is "Wouldn’t it be beautiful to live with your neighbors?" As an initial response albeit the first thing you did was to think of all the people that live near you and wrinkle your nose. I did. The first time I read what he was saying but before I go any further I’ll give you a description of his discussion.

Leo talks about a trip to Cambodia. The country of Cambodia is mostly made of one lake, the Tonle Sap. While in the country he met a French woman, who had passion and a love for the people. She instructed him to travel to the villages and see what was happening if he wanted to see the people.

He goes on to explain that the weather in Cambodia is very severe. Every year monsoons come and was EVERYTHING away into the rivers, streams and lakes. (Can you Imagine?) So the people never build anything that was intended to be perminent. No mansions of millions of dollars just little huts.

Leo remarks on how tourists would say things like "Look how quaint they are living in such squalor." And his immediate thought is that its not squalor. He’s right. Its all about how you percieve your surrounding circumstances. The people love their houses and they are perfect for the climate in which they live.

At the time that he was visiting they were preparing for the monsoons. They were building communal rafts, as he called them. When the monsoons came and washed away all of their belongings, several families would get on a raft and would spend about six months out of the year together. Six months.

To me this is an enormous example of togetherness, but also tolerance and most of all love. I don’t know of many people in our American society that would have the depth of love to be able to do that.

How about you? Do you know someone that has that kind of love?

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