tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post4827966193953728305..comments2023-07-04T06:34:33.249-07:00Comments on Life Through The Cracks: Why do we feel we have to be productive all the time? How to Survive - How to be Free - Saving Money - Being HappyRuth Trowbridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504906924681540699noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-37413322851549045792011-09-26T14:14:53.489-07:002011-09-26T14:14:53.489-07:00Irony lives in my house too . . . rest is part of ...Irony lives in my house too . . . rest is part of living too - peaceRuth Trowbridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504906924681540699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-62378165044050878212011-09-26T03:51:37.216-07:002011-09-26T03:51:37.216-07:00This is me too! I can't sit still and not be p...This is me too! I can't sit still and not be productive, without feeling guilty for wasting the time. It's no better than striving for more hours at work. You are so right! I need to sit still more and enjoy...but old habits die hard.Sheryl at Providence Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07127223943390691667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-5372775981918682582011-09-03T14:12:50.792-07:002011-09-03T14:12:50.792-07:00Very poignant Mrs. Mac, thanks for sharing you sho...Very poignant Mrs. Mac, thanks for sharing you should post these words on your blog as they are very well said. PeaceRuth Trowbridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504906924681540699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-53123351663171838452011-09-03T08:51:00.185-07:002011-09-03T08:51:00.185-07:00It definately takes an 'act' to avoid cons...It definately takes an 'act' to avoid consumerism .. that's for sure. The world holds a vortex and most people get sucked in to it without knowing what is happening. Buying just for buying becomes a subconscious effort. It's also what gives people jobs and fuels most of the economy .. only trouble .. people have strayed far away from the wisdom/reality of the lives our ancestors lived: saving for a rainy day, making do with what you have, living within your means. Seems a pide piper has hold of money matters in most homes across the land. He plies them with easy credit .. then watches as they collapse under the weight of such foolishness. There must be some conscious effort for balance. Because if there were .. the world as a whole right not would not be tipped and straddled with the gifts of pleasure island.Mrs. Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06644129213141875138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-18643180419275433242011-08-17T15:58:46.506-07:002011-08-17T15:58:46.506-07:00OMG ruth are you writing this for me?!! With my D...OMG ruth are you writing this for me?!! With my DH working for salary and me at the farm I FEEL the need to be working all the time -doing something productive, to not be a slacker. I have to remind myself that happiness and peace are the goal. I keep the susan polis schultz poem- Take The Power in a frame in my kitchen!<br />KrisHickchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569529847455539317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-45339291965107551162011-08-17T06:11:10.874-07:002011-08-17T06:11:10.874-07:00Yes, life without consumerism does allow one to ha...Yes, life without consumerism does allow one to have more true freedoms doesn't it. What a beautiful deer. We have had two young deer hanging around are place all summer...as long as they stay out of the garden.:)Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-57420447145566091452011-08-16T18:09:42.941-07:002011-08-16T18:09:42.941-07:00You are so kind to comment and keep visiting me wh...You are so kind to comment and keep visiting me whilst I have been such an absentee blogger - thanks - peaceRuth Trowbridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504906924681540699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750393598527843244.post-42288200842619204992011-08-16T15:07:43.364-07:002011-08-16T15:07:43.364-07:00its all a case of priority
I work one day a week
...its all a case of priority<br /><br />I work one day a week<br />look after a score of animals<br /><br />and have to be content having 4 pairs of pantsJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.com