Morris: 'Useful work, not useless toil'

[john courtneidge]

Title: Morris: 'Useful work, not useless toil'

Dear good friends, all, Ten-year old Jordan tells me that he wants world peace. I can't recall if I shared the following with the world. If not, I do so now, in the hope that it might help bring about this wish.     Why We Are Here     'To help every one we meet survive the experience' (Note: not do the surviving for them, but to *help* them survive the experience)     So How Do We Do That?     1) 'Treat other people the way you'd like to be treated by them'     2) 'Treat the place where you live (your room, your home, your town and locality, the planet) as though your mother were coming to visit tomorrow' (OK: if that's too scary: as though your grandmother were coming to visit tomorrow)     3) 'Always aim to do more than your fair share' (In that case, there will always be plenty left over, for any in need of that surplus)     Incidentally, the last part requires the revolution:     - first in our own heads,     - then in the wider world,     - away from an 'ethic' (ha!) of getting and accumulating     - towards an ethic (yesss!) of giving and de-accumulating. (Own less, be more) Hope this helps Love 2 u all john *********************