If you own all the things you need, do you reach out to others less?
If all your entertainment needs are met at home, do you go out into the world less?
If the public library supplies all your reading material and entertainment, do you feel more protective of it?
If you decide that, instead of buying a thousand dollar home latte machine, you’ll go to the local coffee shop, will you encourage others to do the same, if only to assure your on-going supply?
If your only green space is a local park, would you feel compelled to help keep it clean?
Does having less stuff foster community?
Does having more stuff make us more isolated?
yes. yes. absolutely. not necessarily. for sure. i believe so. indubitably.
buying a thousand dollar latte machine would never ever be a question for me. holy hannah, a thousand dollars?? for coffee?? wuh.
I was just using that as a f’r instance…
And thank you for answering each and every one of my questions.
Still taking the sinus medicine?
I’m reading this, and looking at the cosmic supply of books I have crammed into every corner of my room. I can’t help but feel a tad guilty.
Keep on writing. I’m reading, and learning.
Take it easy on yourself – I’ve been holding on to my book collection with an astonishingly tight grip which is only now starting to loosen…
Yes ! (x~)
And, since none of us has as much as we think we have … (think about it), interdependence is how we get by. (whether we know it or not).
All the Best,
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or whether we admit it or not…
Very wise, John!
Definitely yes, scarcity encourages to take care of what we have.
Very good point, Oscar! Man I love my readers!