Comments on: Practice now to cope later http://boyinthebands.com/archives/practice-now-to-cope-later/ Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:23:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: derek http://boyinthebands.com/archives/practice-now-to-cope-later/#comment-47380 derek Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:05:37 +0000 http://boyinthebands.com/?p=2504#comment-47380 Scott - I've been thinking about your post. This is a meaty one to ponder. I think alot of this comes down to adaptability. How willing are we to adapt to new circumstances? How much capacity for adaptation have we nurtured in ourselves and our nation. I increasingly see that the world I was raised in, the abundantly prosperous suburbias of the late 80's and 90's was an abnormal blip in history. Giant McMansions, 3 cars, cheap air travel, a time share in Colorado, etc. are not truly normal. They represent an unsustainable out stripping of resources. Perhaps my grandparents world of small houses, one car (but 2 working adults), a few elderly aunts living with them, bus and rail travel, and vacations at rented cottages on nearby Lake Huron is closer to normal? Scott - I’ve been thinking about your post. This is a meaty one to ponder. I think alot of this comes down to adaptability. How willing are we to adapt to new circumstances? How much capacity for adaptation have we nurtured in ourselves and our nation.

I increasingly see that the world I was raised in, the abundantly prosperous suburbias of the late 80’s and 90’s was an abnormal blip in history. Giant McMansions, 3 cars, cheap air travel, a time share in Colorado, etc. are not truly normal. They represent an unsustainable out stripping of resources.

Perhaps my grandparents world of small houses, one car (but 2 working adults), a few elderly aunts living with them, bus and rail travel, and vacations at rented cottages on nearby Lake Huron is closer to normal?

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