A friend was bemoaning (justly) we haven't been dreaming and imagining for a while. I think we've all been kinda head down surviving the winter and *waves hand at everything*
But it's spring now, and time for hope to come back to life at least.
Thusly I present a new tag:
#ifIHadABillionDollars
What would you do with a billion dollars? What would you build, create, solve, cultivate...?
[social cue: this is not the place to rant politics, we've got the rest of the Internet for that]
@moss @vlrny I remember a conversation I had many years ago at a meditation retreat. I commented to a volunteer that while I loved the retreat, it felt a bit exclusionary, that it was a shame only certain income levels could afford a week long retreat up on a mountain.
"But you can work a few hours instead of pay, if you need financial help!" was the response.
I said, yeah, but what about the various bills and kids at home, with no income rolling in? What about the job that doesn't allow you to take a whole week off? Only giving free access still keeps a lot of folks out, people who could really use the experience and rest.
I essentially got a bewildered, impatient shrug in response.
And on looking around after that, even in urban settings, I couldn't find anything that allows for those issues. It makes retreats in general financially elitist.
Valerie Roney
Leona
deer witch