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Re: lighting a candle

Posted by Marie1 on September 21, 2001, at 20:59:20

In reply to Re: lighting a candle, posted by Greg A. on September 20, 2001, at 11:46:08

Hey Greg,
The relationship with the s.o. is basically the same, except we're bending over backwards to be nicer to each other these days. Not exactly insincerely, but there's a sort of unspoken agreement to avoid subjects that we're well aware will set each other off. Part of the problem is we've been building a new house and trying to sell this one. Naturally, it's the Murphy's Law of construction and real estate. I mean, can you imagine a worse political climate to have your house on the market? There were days when we sniped continuously because of stress. I'm not sure if we've cleaned up our act because of the world crisis situation or because I've been threatening lately to drag him to counseling :-), using *my* therapist!
So how goes it with you? How have you been feeling lately? Are you and your wife considering couple's therapy? If you are, or have, let me know how it's gone. I'm not going down without at least trying. Take care.
Marie

> Marie,
>
> I agree that the US provides huge quantities of aid to other countries. I guess all of us who live in the land of home theatre, satellite dishes, and $150 jeans should think about sharing, if we don’t already. Maybe it’s human nature for the recipient of help to be less grateful than you would expect and yet have a very long memory when it comes to grudges.
> As a citizen of the world of plenty, I can see that we have stuck our noses into many parts of the world when we are not happily received. Oil is one example. Democracy, religion, political philosophy, are others. And sometimes even when we think we are doing the right thing by introducing our ‘better’ western way of living, this is not the right kind of help and is perceived as an affront to cultures much older than ours.
> I see a major problem today with our consumer society. A great deal has been written in recent years about depletion of the earth’s resources and destruction of the environment. Much of this is done in the name of progress and at the expense of people living in other parts of the world and of people who will live on this planet in decades to come. Capitalism demands that we sell the goods we produce to an ever expanding market. There is great concern about the effect of introducing our western consumer culture to the 2 billion or so people in China. As a single species, humans already consume almost half of the primary productivity of planet earth. One species!
> I used to think that technology would always be a step ahead of our troubles and would save us from ourselves. Now I think that much of technology is very misdirected and rather than saving us, is giving us the means of our own destruction.
> Sorry for the soapbox, Marie. We are not evil by nature, I don’t believe, but we do not pay attention to the consequences of our actions over the long term. As a parent, I think a lot about what I will be leaving to my kids – and not houses or bank accounts. One of the elders of a local Indian Band here said ‘I want my growing children to be able to enjoy the same things I did. The water, the land, the air, and all things that live there.’
> What has this got to do with how the U.S. is perceived, or with terrorism. I don’t know. I kind of got lost here.
> By the way – how is the long term relationship situation?
>
> Greg


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