imagine a world
May. 10th, 2009 12:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
athenagrey Imagine a world where...
simple handmade things are valued over mass-produced consumables.
food is organic and locally-grown.
suburbs re-make themselves in to a series of villages, each with their own high/main street.
the arts are equally important as science, technology and commerce.
you know your neighbors' names.
you know your neighbors' children.
laundry is dried by the kiss of the sun and the caress of the wind.
it is more important to make a life than to make a living.
there are no stockholders.
to own a business means to work it with your own hands.
where we live in harmony with our Mother the Earth.
I mention these things today, because so many of my values came from my own mother.
How do you imagine your world, and how was it shaped by your mother's values?
simple handmade things are valued over mass-produced consumables.
food is organic and locally-grown.
suburbs re-make themselves in to a series of villages, each with their own high/main street.
the arts are equally important as science, technology and commerce.
you know your neighbors' names.
you know your neighbors' children.
laundry is dried by the kiss of the sun and the caress of the wind.
it is more important to make a life than to make a living.
there are no stockholders.
to own a business means to work it with your own hands.
where we live in harmony with our Mother the Earth.
I mention these things today, because so many of my values came from my own mother.
How do you imagine your world, and how was it shaped by your mother's values?
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Date: 2009-05-10 06:57 pm (UTC)Here in SW Washington the number of days you can hang your clothes to dry is quite short. I love to do it when I can, especially when my kids were in cloth diapers.=)
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Date: 2009-05-11 10:38 am (UTC)This is both lovely & thought provoking.
My ideal world largely mirrors what you have written. I would have to give more thought to the how & why of my mother's values. They shaped the world I found myself in rather than the one I dreamt of.