Do you have a village? Not long ago, I would have said yes, assuming that “village” and “community” were interchangeable terms. I didn’t understand the differences, which left little room to appreciate them. What I had was a community, not a village. I’m not passing judgment against a community. I still very much thrive here. […]

How would you define health? I’ve long thought the current definition of health, created by the World Health Organization, is part of why health has become so elusive. It states health is “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Health, based on this definition, […]