Blog post shares quote on abundance and reciprocity from "The Serviceberry"
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A blog post on swissmiss shares a quote from the book "The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World" by Robin Wall Kimmerer, which argues that community prosperity comes from relationships and reciprocity rather than material accumulation. The post is a brief quote-sharing entry with a single commenter offering a counterpoint that prosperity comes from both relationships and accumulation.
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Actually, it grows from both.
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