Losultimosapuntes

You can see whole families walking around in the mall. Father and mother, young, with several children, 4 or 5, all well dressed, mother and girls with long dresses and hair under some kind of net.  The boys are well dressed and with short pants.  All with very rough black shoes. Serious and keep to their own business. Sometimes also you see young women, dressed the same, all and about at some stores.  It is assumed that they belong to the New Young Amish tendency, most probably they arrived at the mall in a car. Not in the traditional buggy with a horse. Some use cell phones and considering their preferences in stores they like the occidental merchandise. A big step in a group that favoured a rural way of life supposed to marry between members of the same church, which resulted in some genetic disorders,  elders not going to nursing homes, are fanatics of family authority. But young members can opt not to join the church, a little bit of freedom here....

The world is facing two wars at the same time. Enormous efforts are being made to avoid full escalation and reduce civilian casualties. Everybody is immediately, quietly, thinking about their security. Are we safe? In which position is our country? are we in danger of being involved in any conflict soon?  You have to start thinking if these conflicts will be in the future and if there will be no way to escape the horrors of the modern world.  One idea to consider is to change the way we are living and abandon city life, technology, the scientific advancements. Maybe what we should do is simplify, go back to the country and learn to minimize all our needs. This will ensure humankind will continue to populate the earth and not destroy all resources.  But we are not capable, we are used to living with technology, we need all our commodities, and we lost the instinct to work with our hands and satisfy our primary needs.  Can we learn to do that? yes, probably, but w...

  I only met Mary Lou a few times during the past 2 years. Normally she arrived at 4 pm for a brief visit with Bev (from Beverly) maybe to have supper and then left for the night. Don't know if she has close family members, nieces and nephews, as I never saw anybody else.  Now she is by herself. From one moment to another, with no explanation, as it comes from the will of something else and you are helpless.  How many times she must have thought that a life like the one that Bev had, was very difficult to handle. But she was there telling her her feelings, opinions, hopes, and thoughts. Now this is over. I saw her car yesterday and today. Maybe she reviewed all of Bev's personal belongings, getting surprised or not about the things she was discovering and deciding what to do with all the unnecessary stuff. Learning a lesson on the futility of keeping material things. But is a whole life that we are talking about, you keep collecting things and these make your place your p...

 

 To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee One clover, and a bee and revery The revery alone will do, If bees are few. Emily Dickinson 

 It is essential that we not respond impulsively …… take a moment before reacting, and you will find it is easier to maintain control.  Epictetus