Bitterjug’s blog

Escape is a change of spirit. It’s escape from the prospect of suddenly growing old (and discovering that you are related to your spouse!?)

If this is the answer, what was the question?

Just back from the Cultures of Sustainability event in Camden where staff and guess teachers from Schumacher College gathered at Cecil Sharp House to discuss issues relating to sustainable living.
This photo shows Satish Kumar, who chaired the afternoon, guests Gustavo Esteva and David Orr, and lecturer Brian Goodwin. Also participating were Karen Blincoe the college’s [...]

This week found me at a meeting of disruptive social innovators — The Disruptors for short. According to their Facebook page:
a group for people who are, and are inspired by, creating the precedents of the future; riders of the next wave of positive social change.

I am listening for times when I hear myself saying something like “I want to be a successful ….” or “I feel like such a failure”. According to my theory, these are not conditions of affecting me objectively, they are winning or loosing conditions determined by the rules of the games of life that I find myself playing.