Practical Thoughts

Dear Reader, A national economic crisis looms large, with leadership problems to go with it. In the main, we are transfixed by it all. There are no easy answers but wisdom tells us to look through the problem; to look through and identify the true causes and effects so that we may understand how to properly deal with the issues that surround us. At the end of the day the only real solution is one that is sustainable; one that will last. And unless we want utter anarchy, deeper reasoning must prevail and connect to our hearts. In my last post, I finished off by saying: There are many individuals who are conscience-stricken and seek solutions for the needy and the betterment of society and the environment at the local level. These individuals often form local enterprises to efficiently coordinate the work required. By themselves, they do not provide a panacea. There is hope, however, but there are great challenges ahead. It is a change in our individual and collective consciousness about...

Dear Reader, Today's world is virtually indescribable. The UK's new government thought they would be welcomed as heroes with their planned American-style race for growth, but have been pulled down by both members of their own party and the business market, both of which are supposed to support this flavour of government. Yet it is we voters - in a roundabout way -  that   put them there. A number would say it was the Tory membership that put them there, but that is not so. A chain of events got them there since the 2019 election. Does that say something about the electorate's muddled thinking? Just what sense of life values do we possess to make this possible? These politicians are only a reflection of our own attitudes as a society that became more and more relentlessly attached to individuality and our possessions and worship of material success and glitz rather than the nation's good, socially and environmentally. And we cannot seem to see a practical alternative. Li...