we’re going to be ok

by going back to simpler, slower times

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I had coffee yesterday with a colleague who reminded me that the last 60 or so years have been madly excessive (propelled by non-renewable resources).

The party is over, she said.

We need to go back to simpler, slower times, integrating previously sustainable, peaceful and joyful ways of life, and … we’re going to be ok.

Really, that’s it? I asked. 

She nodded. 

I was good to hear someone say that we’re going to be ok. 

So that’s it? I reiterated.

She nodded again, emphatically.

I better get to work simplifying and slowing down then, I said. 

We went on to talk about gardening and community arts, losing track of the time.

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