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Posts Tagged ‘social fabric’

Sufficiency in Failure

May 28th, 2010    -    No Comments

We operate in many instances inside of a designated set of roles in relationship to other human beings: Service provider—customer Coach—client Mother—child Husband—wife Partner—partner Employer—employee When we conjure in our minds eye each of these roles they bring with them a certain set of unspoken yet very real expectations, ideals, ways of being, codes ofRead the Rest…


Inclusivity: Back to Basics

May 26th, 2010    -    No Comments

I am ashamed of myself. I feel as if I am five years old. I have let scarcity rule. I am part of a pack of moms that leave music class and head to a local coffee-muffin joint with the kids. Many of us have known each other for years, some less, but there isRead the Rest…


Is Sufficiency in Modern Life Possible?

May 12th, 2010    -    No Comments

Seven Stones – I and my husband Jon – went to Goat School this past weekend. 120 people from all over the country huddled under a tent in midstate Maine at Stony Knolls Farm … to learn about goats – how to buy, sell, breed, feed, hoof trim, milk, market and love a herd ofRead the Rest…


finitude

April 23rd, 2010    -    1 Comment

We are coming off of the third Global Sufficiency Summit. In truth I have had this sadness lodged in my belly all week, felt tired, and kind of hung over. And what I am most digesting from this incredibly rich two day long marathon dialogue is a conversation we had about death. Ok, I knowRead the Rest…


Transparent About Sufficiency

April 7th, 2010    -    No Comments

Yesterday at about 3 minutes to nap time, Gina called and said, “Do you have a couple of hours to write this afternoon?” I think, “Is she kidding? A couple of hours not planned, not already designated for something, some chore, some assignment past due? Ha! No way.” Instead, the writer in me, hungry toRead the Rest…


Social Fabric: Initiation

January 6th, 2010    -    1 Comment

In our work to usher in the truth and promise of sufficiency into the world, attending to social fabric will be a key focus. I don’t yet know what it will take to restore the social fabric of my own life, never mind the culture at large. For now, I am guessing it takes one relationship at a time. Starting with those around us first, family, friends, colleagues, neighbors, municipalities… small systems of connection that will web out from sheer strength and fortitude.


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