Sue Moon’s Blog

I sometimes ponder on phrases like, no one is an island and wonder about the advantages and disadvantages of reclusive and community living.  I like to do as I choose.  Living reclusively and coming out when I want to be engaged with others.

Our social structure seems also to be like that.  People living insular lives, wrapped up in their own musings and family/friend dramas and trusting that the supposedly “well-oiled machine” of our local and national government is honest and doing its job.

Of course, we know better by the huge scandals all around us.  And still, we bury our heads in our own little lives.  I was reading Marianne Williamson’s book, “The Healing Of America”, and was transported back to a time in our nation when we were all involved in what was happening.

“In early America, people discussed politics in the taverns, the early equivalent of today’s longshoreman was as well informed about political issues as was the colonial equivalent of today’s business mogul.

Democracy means that all of us must become engaged in the big picture of society’s affairs.

The price you pay for not thinking about something important in your life is that there will always be someone else eager to do your thinking for you.”

-Marianne Williamson