Children

Someone told me that Ancient Romans were a great civilization until they stopped planting trees for their children.

I try to focus on what I can do.
I try to make sure that I am continuously learning and teaching ... not only Math and Sciences, but everything. And yes. I've planted a few trees for my children and for other children too.

Fungus

Kindly refrain

In a recent conversation, a good friend suggested that if we carried one random act of kindness, the result would be wonderful, and it set me going ...

Somehow, this idea of kindness seems to me to be less than it takes. Also, the idea of acting randomly, when we are equipped to act intelligently does not make much sense.

Kindness does not happen among equals.
It's done towards the weak, the poor, the lower chastes. The lord may be kind to the serf, but the serf cannot be kind to the lord.

I suggest that we should carry all our actions with respect. And be consistently kind to our pets, baby seals and whales.
That would not bring Heaven on Earth, but would make for healthier communities. Which is the reward I would expect.

Fungus

Fear

I have the feeling that we want to run away from something...

If I have learned something from the movies, it is that when you run away from fog and darkness, you fall in the arms of the Werewolf.

We will be confused as long as we look back and focus on what we don't want. We need to look forward, and focus on what we want.

Elsewhere I have described my vision, and I will not bore you with it now. I will just remind you that in my vision there are conversations where we can speak without fear of being judged, and without the expectation of getting something [material] in return.

Let's go on.
Let's go on describing, enacting and practicing the future we want.

Fungus

Results

I don't have a problem with being proactive.
Being proactive means you are paying attention to the road ahead and the cars around you, so that you can cross the bridge at the right speed and at the right time. It doesn't mean you cross the bridge before you get there. It doesn't mean you move frantically with pointless action.

Being reactive means you are not paying attention, and wait until you go past the bridge, and then you have to turn back to cross it. I don't like it, because it's expensive, but sometimes it happens.

I do have a problem with pointless action.
Action should have a purpose.
Action should get results.
Some times we value activity over results, maybe because so many of our actions only result in smoke, noise and heat.
Some of us live life, as the bard said, like a tale told by an idiot (...full of sound and fury, signifying nothing).

Well designed and skillfully performed activities should be linked through proper processes and intermediate products to get valued results.
Valued to the customer.
Easier said than done.

Fungus