African proverb of the day on love and compassion: “A child who is not embraced by the village will…”
“The child not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.”- African proverbThere’s a raw, unsettling beauty to this African proverb. It’s not a soft, feel good platitude. It’s a stark psychological gut-check.It forces us to see the collateral damage that happens when we withhold love, validation and belonging from the…
