tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post4631015165368701138..comments2024-01-28T13:17:05.441-06:00Comments on Barefoot in the Garden: We Will Go OnUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-91202270468398319562009-03-02T16:17:00.000-06:002009-03-02T16:17:00.000-06:00RT- I guess we are both right, just coming at this...RT- I guess we are both right, just coming at this from different perspectives. I was not looking at my post as something that would influence folks to remain lazy and not make changes, but I can see what you are saying. By being so optimistic, I could be giving folks the wrong idea about our responsibility to the environment and our children.<BR/><BR/>FW-<BR/>*smile* Don't poke at RT, now. A barefoot gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18089017268890241495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-52732081103732234122009-03-02T13:12:00.000-06:002009-03-02T13:12:00.000-06:00No matter what, it IS always the fact that "life w...No matter what, it IS always the fact that "life will go on", it just won't go on the way we've hoped it would for the last 30 years. Yeah, so any one of us could get hit by a bus (or hit a moose *wry smile*), but life, for the rest, will go on.<BR/><BR/>I'm more afraid for those who DON'T look around, whether deliberately (like my hubby) or out of true ignorance (like my daughter) and consider Katihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312698112377656801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-45655126720634869672009-03-02T11:51:00.000-06:002009-03-02T11:51:00.000-06:00The Hermit and i were just discussing a friend of ...The Hermit and i were just discussing a friend of his who is somewhat of a survivalist. He just bought a couple AK47's to have on hand. My thought was that if living comes down to eating survival rations and waiting with loaded gun to defend the supply, life would not be worth it. I hope "going on" means something more hopeful, more gentle, and more connected with the land.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-61391123234668379002009-03-02T11:12:00.000-06:002009-03-02T11:12:00.000-06:00RT,I didn't know you were such an optimist. ;)RT,<BR/>I didn't know you were such an optimist. ;)Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00652718092147177168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-22724479567165330412009-03-02T11:04:00.000-06:002009-03-02T11:04:00.000-06:00We must do the best we can with each day we are gi...<I>We must do the best we can with each day we are given, and accept that it is all we can do.</I><BR/><BR/>Agreed. My point, however, is that contemporary society is nowhere near doing our best; we're closer to the other end of the spectrum.<BR/><BR/>Consequently, phrases like "We will go on" scares me because a lot of people will take that to mean we can pass off the hard choices to future The Rambling Taoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-82431677719164029822009-03-02T10:47:00.000-06:002009-03-02T10:47:00.000-06:00Lynne-I hope you are right. I would like to think ...Lynne-<BR/>I hope you are right. I would like to think that folks still have that basic goodness within them....they just don't seem to show it much....<BR/><BR/>Pam-<BR/>And you take care of you and yours<BR/><BR/>FW-<BR/>Glad you liked it...great quote!<BR/><BR/>RT-<BR/>While we have the responsibility to do the best we can now to reduce the impact of our historical stupidity in regards to the barefoot gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18089017268890241495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-90120883443642334182009-03-02T05:17:00.000-06:002009-03-02T05:17:00.000-06:00"We need to live in a way today that offers others..."We need to live in a way today that offers others a chance to live in joy tomorrow" wrote the Rambling Taoist... <BR/><BR/>Quite so... We will go on... and the world will be a different place!<BR/><BR/>In WW2 (sensibly I arrived at its end) the house opposite was hit by a bomb and some repairs to ours took until 1954 to be carried out. We had rationing, I never tasted butter until I was 7, we Rev. Peter Doodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15095282505667909048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-44403807521987894652009-03-01T22:26:00.000-06:002009-03-01T22:26:00.000-06:00I'm not going to go with the flow here. Yes, we m...I'm not going to go with the flow here. Yes, we <I>may</I> survive, but in what form? Then again, if we keep trampling on Mother Earth, we, as a species, may not survive at all.<BR/><BR/>For me, the real questions about the shape of the economic and environmental world of tomorrow has little to do with us today. When things get genuinely bad (because of our present irresponsibility), we will The Rambling Taoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-91132995255739342242009-03-01T18:56:00.000-06:002009-03-01T18:56:00.000-06:00Things fall apart, the center cannot hold..." ~Ye...<I>Things fall apart, the center cannot hold..."</I> ~Yeats<BR/><BR/>There's nowhere to go but on...so on we go....<BR/><BR/>Great post. Thanks.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00652718092147177168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-24732813750984817772009-03-01T18:05:00.000-06:002009-03-01T18:05:00.000-06:00I think Lynne said it best. We will be OK. Just t...I think Lynne said it best. We will be OK. Just take care of yourself.Finding Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07671978828279304904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-28322660078772987082009-03-01T17:47:00.000-06:002009-03-01T17:47:00.000-06:00Your Mom is wise. My Mom's favorite expression wa...Your Mom is wise. My Mom's favorite expression was <BR/>"What will be, will be"<BR/><BR/>I'll take your comment one step further. I do belive we will cary on, survive, but I also count on the human spririt to carry us forward. Call me a Pollyanna but I believe in the innate goodness of man. I believe we will help each other forward. Difficult times bring out the worst in people, but more so Lynne at Hasty Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09187035706322695138noreply@blogger.com