tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1270511708119332789.post3924274265404713099..comments2013-08-22T17:37:40.144-07:00Comments on The Wealth of Families: Some Costs of ConvenienceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1270511708119332789.post-15184378020037665802012-01-23T21:26:48.208-08:002012-01-23T21:26:48.208-08:00I love the idea of edifying labor. For my whole l...I love the idea of edifying labor. For my whole life I've craved building things, or creating things, mostly with wood. So far I have limited experience with it, largely because there really is no need. I WILL do it someday when we're not living in student housing anymore. That craving is not going to go away!<br /><br />Thanks for another thought provoking post.MandaMommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17511402868161964991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1270511708119332789.post-67366914013665929282012-01-23T19:54:17.981-08:002012-01-23T19:54:17.981-08:00This essay resonates through me in waves, but from...This essay resonates through me in waves, but from it one idea has startled me entirely: "It is central to human nature that we will direct ourselves into uncertainty because what we need is there." I do this, but I assumed I was nuts. I thought that striving to be better was due to deep-seeded insecurities, but it appears that it is actually due to courage, a willingness to enter the unknown, the uncertain, for the sake of growing. That wasn't obvious to me. <br /><br />Likewise with food, it has struck me as we have stiven to grow virtually everything we eat (well, except bananas - so far) with some success, what would we do if our crops failed. Would we suddenly compromise our standards for what we are willing to put in our mouths? Or would we tighten our belts? We don't know - yet. But yes, I meet my ancestors in the furrows. I really do. Thanks for pointing that out. <br /><br />I could read this essay over and over and still pull wisdom from it. In fact, I will.Peg Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18045192551906290398noreply@blogger.com