Blackboard Posting- Guest Speakers

I agree with the idea that people have to first live the fast life in order to live the simple life. I think this is one of the most interesting paradoxes about our world today. In order for both of the farmers to successfully own a farm, they had to be social workers and engineers. It is unfortunate that people have to conform to society before they can live the life they have always wanted. For example, Paul has always wanted to own goats, but could not afford them until much later in life. Why does society constrict us so much that we cannot live the lives that we are passionate about? I think that the definition of a "life" has been so misconstrued over time that we have lost what it is really all about. For example, when mankind first existed they hunted and gathered; their lives revolved around finding food and then enjoying it. People coexisted with nature and with other beings. This is the simple life. This is what we used to want and what I think we should one day get back to.