Fixing a broken life
Is it possible to fix a broken life?
I asked that in 1992.
I finally understand the answer.
It is not the life that is broken, but its connections to other life:
family, friends, community.
To be alone and isolated without regular contact with others can bring a terrible loneliness.
Solitary confinement is cruel and inhumane.
One does not need to be in prison to experience this.
Many people experience this in our society all the time, especially the elderly.
The only remedy is to rebuild community by reclaiming and restoring the commons.
To break down the enclosures of privatization and bring down the walls of privacy to find and share our common humanity is the way to fix a broken a life.
I asked that in 1992.
I finally understand the answer.
It is not the life that is broken, but its connections to other life:
family, friends, community.
To be alone and isolated without regular contact with others can bring a terrible loneliness.
Solitary confinement is cruel and inhumane.
One does not need to be in prison to experience this.
Many people experience this in our society all the time, especially the elderly.
The only remedy is to rebuild community by reclaiming and restoring the commons.
To break down the enclosures of privatization and bring down the walls of privacy to find and share our common humanity is the way to fix a broken a life.
posted by NeoLotus at 5:35 PM
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