Many are questioning where we have gone wrong in our society.
It is important to reassess where we go next.
Suggestions are that we've headed downhill with a consumer society that doesn't value people.
Many set their targets based on first earning as much as we can in a short time - this has become the purpose of work. Rewarding contact with other humans has become less important.
Secondly we have a fixation that "cheapest is best". Again the experience of having work and services done for us has a priority that puts contact with others at the bottom of the list. Value for money is paramount. Value for people experience comes very low.
This is why initially in Bowness people switched to Tesco from the Co-op then when they realised they rather liked the people contact at the former, they went back.
We could put more emphasis on the opportunities for mixing with people - real people - not just anonymous people on blogs and forums. There are so many benefits from strong people groups - they lift the spirits.
In some ways people are hard work but because of this they are very rewarding. We all need experiences every day where we take risks and find that we not only cope, but succeed.
This no doubt the reason why I'm spending my time working with many varied groups of people on different projects.
This afternoon it's a new pottery group at the Ellers sheltered housing and people in that area. Tomorrow it's a BIG LUNCH.
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