![]() ![]() ![]() They appear as rescuers, demanding ceaseless labor from us but presenting it as a gift. They distract us from this by dangling opportunity in the opposite direction. Meanwhile, the powerful convince us that there is not enough while their pocket spill out in the open. You can work, as my gramma did in California, for a full month just to be able to finally move from the shelter into low-income housing. ![]() This is a grim human development, for no one wants to spend their days merely surviving.Īnd this transaction is nearly always incongruent with the amount of labor one does. How could it be when one is withering from hunger? Labor instead becomes a means to an end, not an avenue for flourishing but a transaction for survival. In response to the risk and need around us, we have constructed systems around labor that leave even the hardest workers vulnerable, in deficit. When fear enters the story, something changes. “I have to believe that if we didn't need to protect ourselves, we wouldn't be so prone to avoiding rest. ![]()
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