[quote=kaykwilts]
Originally Posted by running1
I've often wished for a much slower pace...
This is just so true. We all need to remember that we actively participate in these decisions, and that what we do every day has long term consequences. We want to save a buck on a yard of fabric, and soon all fabric is made in China or India. We want to drive everywhere and park conveniently and at no cost, and soon our downtowns die and everything is a strip mall. And what do we do with the money and time that we have thus saved? Do we use it to make this world a better place? No, we (and I am including myself here) just spend or use it on more stuff. As Wordsworth said well over a hundred years ago,
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;—
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!