...to Keep My Head Above Water and Maybe Figure Some Stuff Out.
This is where I come to wallow when I'm lonely and pontificate when I'm irritated. That's what's here. And some pretty pictures. I made everything that's not attributed (see timelesspitch.com and whichwrites.com for writer CA Ives)
Tender
Monday, August 12, 2013
A Fine Balance
"Take a picture and send it to Dad! Tell him I did it myself!"
My son was just explaining what he's discovered about the concept of a "Fine Balance" in card-house building - too much reinforcement and the heavy roof collapses, not enough, and the foundation doesn't hold. The same is true of...well, probably everything. Not enough is very bad. Too much is very bad. Just the right amount is very good. Let's apply that to our social systems and the ways we are set up to "help" each other. If a seven year old can figure it out in two days of card-house building, surely grown, educated adults can figure it out in the areas they know best. Right?
