The circle widened not by adding walls but by opening doors, and doors were what the cooperative had been building, not as entrances but as invitations, and invitation was what made the widening possible, because widening was not a measurement but was a practice, and practice was what made the invitation real, and real was what the cooperative had been since the beginning, since before the circle and the widening and the invitations, since the first door was opened and the first stranger became the first friend and the first friend became the first family, and family was what the circle had been widening toward, not as a destination but as a practice, and practice was what made the widening worthwhile, because worthwhile was what made it worth doing, and doing was what made it real, and re
