“Our present stress on growth and productivity is, I believe, intimately related to the decline in rootedness. Faced with loneliness and vulnerability that come with deprivation of a securely encompassing community, we have sought to quell the vulnerability through our possessions.” BelieveI BelieveGrowthCommunitySimpleLonelinessStressPossessionProductivityVulnerabilityRelatedDeclineSimple LivingDeprivationRootedness Author:Paul L Wachtel
“We are faced with having to learn again about interdependency and the need for rootedness after several centuries of having systematically-and proudly-dismantled our roots, ties, and traditions. We had grown so tall we thought we could afford to cut the roots that held us down, only to discover that the tallest trees need the most elaborate roots of all.” NeedsCuttingTreeCenturyPrideTraditionRootsTiesTallInterconnectionRootedness Author:Paul L Wachtel
