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Crossroads is a place, usually a rural community at the intersection of two main roads. It's a place where different things come together: roads from and paths to merge, ideas and languages blend, people and cultures intermingle. It's a place to exchange, trade goods, or ask for directions. Often in the town center, there is a meeting place, a public square that hosts leisure and informal talk. People talk about ideas never heard back in the farmhouse or even the traveler's hometown. It is a place, but not a destination, just a stop along the way.
Crossroads is also a time, a decisive moment, a turning point. Sometimes called the zero hour, important changes and major decisions are made. It can be a time of crisis. For those who abide in the heat, who forego the seductive quick fix, it can be a time of rebirth when persons and groups remake themselves.
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