Thursday, September 14, 2006

Day two woo hoo

At my staff meeting today my check in went a little like this: "Well, considering that after this week I don't have a job, and a week later no place to live I am doing surprisingly well. I have so much love in my heart and in my life that I am at peace and am not freaking out at the potential instability of my life" and at the time I was right there, in the light. I think for me it is perspective and faith perhaps. My mother was just complaining about poverty, as she is way below the poverty level and struggles so. I get that, as I too live below the poverty level in this country. Globally I am richer then 3/4 of the people who live on this planet. So yes I may not have the all of the fancy toys in this culture, I have so much more then other people. I have electricity, food, clothing, shelter... In some ways though, I think we are less equipped to be self sustainable if or when the time should come. We dependent and I think consumerism is a way we are kept distracted and complacent. Okay, I am getting political, and those thoughts might not be well formed yet, so I will sign off and help the guys with their homework. Pictures to come soon.

HALA

1 comment:

Caricature Girl said...

The consumer machine is a scary creature, and yet so omnipresent in our lives—like a pit bull with running free around us and our children.

I hate to admit that I do like to take it for walks but then I resent how much it eats!