It has now been ten days in this community of Peace River Thousand Trails Park near Wauchula, Florida (I’ve described it as a Royal City, Washington, with streams with trees and alligators.). Barb returned from Puyallup today basking in the experiences that she had with family and friends. She dealt with some challenging weather. I basked in comfortable conditions. However, her experiences were fulfilling. Mine were not. We are heading out tomorrow morning for Lake Okeechobee. I am itching to move on. A few revelations have come to me over these last 10 days:
1. Gated communities are confining. When you only focus on the inside and your only link to the outside is Fox News, CNN, some other narrow agenda news source, or the internet, you are dying.
2. “Hunkering down” can be a healthy experience when you focus on the spiritual and/or the natural. When you focus on the artificial, the marketing, the promotion, the “sages of the airways”, hate, bigotry, and myopic tendencies develop.
3. Wonderful people fall victim to #2.
4. Many wonderful people do not fall victim to #2. They focus on building, developing, and creating a social enterprise. However, the “bunker mentality” is alive and well in these communities and it is not pretty. It is sad. It is sick.
Lake Okeechobee is not sick. It is the second largest freshwater lake in the U.S, but like many communities, it has alligators.
Blessedly Quick
8 years ago
2 comments:
Doesn't the internet have the broadest bandwith for various views/news/opinions?
An observation: Most of your blogs have centered around nature, history, family, friends, beauty & have declared your delight in the day & your appreciation of simple pleasures. They have reflected what seem like core values of a man who has lived his life thoughtfully & spiritually. This recent experience didn't seem to settle well with your soul & that seems like something to applaud.
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