"Journal Entry - January 6, 2026"
Vision by William Paul
Sacrifice: the act of selecting an alternate experience for a deeper one with one’s peers.
I feel that truth resonates stronger each day here in Zenith Village. John and the others say we all see the writing on the wall - the breakdown of society isn’t coming, it’s already here. Yet somehow, within the desert silence, that collapse feels less like an ending and more like a reckoning.
The Resilient Communities Network has become our quiet form of salvation. We don’t gather in temples, but in gardens and greenhouses that swell on the horizon like bubble houses on Mars. Each seed sewn into this cracked Nevada soil is a prayer - not to escape the dying planet, but to serve it. Resilience, we remind each other, is a course in service to community.
Fifteen families now call this place Village. The children chase each other through rows of raised beds, where the air feels softer, warmer - a tiny defiance against the desert wind. We call it our microclimate, a miracle of design and intention. In this small pocket of rich geography, permaculture principles aren’t theory; they’re daily practice, lived faith.
If the old world fades, perhaps that’s the sacrifice required - to choose the deeper experience of community, rooted together in hope, in soil, in service.
Vision by William Paul
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