Words to Live By
Economics, Capitalism, Consumerism, Latin America, Positive Psychology, Psychology, Site Stuff AJ Schuler Economics, Capitalism, Consumerism, Latin America, Positive Psychology, Psychology, Site Stuff AJ Schuler

Words to Live By

“We invented a mountain of superfluous needs, shopping for the new, discarding the old. . . that is wasting our lives!  When I buy something, or you do, you’re not paying for it with money.  You’re paying with the time for living that you had to spend to earn that money, but with this difference:  life is the one thing money can’t buy.  Life only passes by.  And it’s miserable to waste one’s life losing your freedom.”

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Dilemmas
Culture, Politics, Site Stuff, Art, Creativity, Empathy AJ Schuler Culture, Politics, Site Stuff, Art, Creativity, Empathy AJ Schuler

Dilemmas

I’m struggling with all these things as I think about what to write about. I want to explore art and creativity and community and human growth and wellbeing here. I believe that the way to overcome violence and cruelty lies in building community and promoting human growth and interrelatedness., attunement to oneself and to others. But if that all comes across as evasion and pabulum, what good is that? These are my dilemmas. I’m just trying to figure it out.

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