tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026557319568945115.post5503249508529659860..comments2023-12-18T03:00:04.192-05:00Comments on The Concrete Gardener: "Inside Job", Entitlement, and Deserving what we earnConcrete Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12368862362127742038noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026557319568945115.post-42625161711918155572013-05-26T01:58:25.249-04:002013-05-26T01:58:25.249-04:00Thanks very much Darren. That's a really helpf...Thanks very much Darren. That's a really helpful comment- and your most recent post is very helpful too.<br /><br />Yes, and I don't think that living more simply is an end in itself, so this was only a half-formed post in a way. Maybe what I'm still working through is how to cultivate gratitude: one can have a level of gratitude for something one grew that it's hard to have for another $5 earned, and it's clearer the respect that that thing was afforded. <br /><br />I guess my discovery was that this documentary was important, but sitting in judgement (which me and most people watching might be drawn to) perhaps isn't.Concrete Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368862362127742038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026557319568945115.post-31835133186889534262013-05-25T18:14:40.610-04:002013-05-25T18:14:40.610-04:00It's an interesting question, Jo. You rightly ...It's an interesting question, Jo. You rightly point to a level of abstraction in our economy, where our choices seem really disconnected from the people they effect. <br /><br />In pursuing a simpler kind of life, you're trying to live in a such a way, where you can more directly influence your surrounding world through your choices. It really does take a paradigm shift. <br /><br />Carla and me occasionally talk about moving someplace in the country, where we can have a huge garden, grow our own food and where we can allow our kids to play in the sunshine, but when we come face to face with the sacrifices this would entail, we pause. In many respects, you guys are doing, what many of us would do, if we had the courage. <br /><br />Something, I've come to realize is that living simpler, doesn't necessarily mean making perfect choices. If this was the case, I would be paralyzed into inaction. That said, it does mean making incrementally better choices, and thinking how my actions can result in small incremental changes. Anyway, it's something I'm still working through.<br />Darren Bhttp://www.momentarydelight.comnoreply@blogger.com