Comments on: An Easter Conundrum: Christianity, volunteerism, moral decay and rising real estate prices http://360digest.com/2007/04/07/an-easter-conundrum-christianity-volunteerism-moral-decay-and-rising-real-estate-prices/ Seattle Real Estate Blog for those interested in Seattle real estate, popular culture, tech, news and opinion. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:16:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: David Losh http://360digest.com/2007/04/07/an-easter-conundrum-christianity-volunteerism-moral-decay-and-rising-real-estate-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-14220 David Losh Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:08:17 +0000 http://360digest.com/2007/04/07/an-easter-conundrum-christianity-volunteerism-moral-decay-and-rising-real-estate-prices/#comment-14220 OK Marlow, The price of Real Estate has nothing to do with why I don't volunteer. If there is in fact a person out there who has been working in a soup kitchen who just noticed the price of things they are nuts(?). How about a gallon of milk, which is going up again soon? Gasoline should be a leading economic indicator. There again the person is in a soup kitchen; how about the price of bread? Surely they serve bread with the soup. No sorry the price of things isn't why I don't volunteer. I find it kind of shallow that some one would make that correlation. I don't volunteer because there are bigger fish to fry (get it, the soup kitchen thing, frying fish?). The world is at war. Wake up soup kitchen person, Iraq, Iran, China, Castro, Chavez, anything ringing a bell. How about Afganistan, Guantanamo Bay, Twin Towers, North Korea, or Bosnia, Darfur, Phillipines, any bell ringing? I don't volunteer because my causes are immigration rights, and the United States policies in South America. I got the idea from a Palestinian who questioned me about those policies. I didn't know anything about it at the time. The people in America can take care of themselves. If you want to do something they need water treatment plants in Africa. OK Marlow,
The price of Real Estate has nothing to do with why I don’t volunteer. If there is in fact a person out there who has been working in a soup kitchen who just noticed the price of things they are nuts(?).
How about a gallon of milk, which is going up again soon? Gasoline should be a leading economic indicator. There again the person is in a soup kitchen; how about the price of bread? Surely they serve bread with the soup.
No sorry the price of things isn’t why I don’t volunteer. I find it kind of shallow that some one would make that correlation. I don’t volunteer because there are bigger fish to fry (get it, the soup kitchen thing, frying fish?).
The world is at war. Wake up soup kitchen person, Iraq, Iran, China, Castro, Chavez, anything ringing a bell. How about Afganistan, Guantanamo Bay, Twin Towers, North Korea, or Bosnia, Darfur, Phillipines, any bell ringing?
I don’t volunteer because my causes are immigration rights, and the United States policies in South America. I got the idea from a Palestinian who questioned me about those policies. I didn’t know anything about it at the time.
The people in America can take care of themselves. If you want to do something they need water treatment plants in Africa.

]]> By: Jillayne Schlicke http://360digest.com/2007/04/07/an-easter-conundrum-christianity-volunteerism-moral-decay-and-rising-real-estate-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-14162 Jillayne Schlicke Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:00:18 +0000 http://360digest.com/2007/04/07/an-easter-conundrum-christianity-volunteerism-moral-decay-and-rising-real-estate-prices/#comment-14162 Yes, the house is symbolic of the self, to some degree, and in some cultures. Maslow was referring to basic shelter in the "Safety" part of the pyramid. This would mean a homeless person and not a renter. Nowhere in my understanding of Maslow's work, do objects or money come into play. Humans achieve a sense of belonging, esteem, and self-actualization in ways altogether unrelated to money and real estate. When people project onto objects what they are lacking in themselves, they end up with the object but with a feeling of emptiness, which they TRY to fill by acquiring more objects. We move through Maslow's pyramid in our work with other people, not alone. The soup kitchen worker does not need a Queen Anne bungalow to reach self actualization. Indeed, none of us do. In terms of a busy working family not having enough time to work at the soup kitchen, it's not an either/or. The busy working family can move through Maslow's pyramid in a million different ways. Volunteerism is just one way. Yes, the house is symbolic of the self, to some degree, and in some cultures.

Maslow was referring to basic shelter in the “Safety” part of the pyramid. This would mean a homeless person and not a renter.

Nowhere in my understanding of Maslow’s work, do objects or money come into play.

Humans achieve a sense of belonging, esteem, and self-actualization in ways altogether unrelated to money and real estate.

When people project onto objects what they are lacking in themselves, they end up with the object but with a feeling of emptiness, which they TRY to fill by acquiring more objects.

We move through Maslow’s pyramid in our work with other people, not alone. The soup kitchen worker does not need a Queen Anne bungalow to reach self actualization. Indeed, none of us do.

In terms of a busy working family not having enough time to work at the soup kitchen, it’s not an either/or. The busy working family can move through Maslow’s pyramid in a million different ways.

Volunteerism is just one way.

]]> By: Athol Kay http://360digest.com/2007/04/07/an-easter-conundrum-christianity-volunteerism-moral-decay-and-rising-real-estate-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-14159 Athol Kay Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:09:53 +0000 http://360digest.com/2007/04/07/an-easter-conundrum-christianity-volunteerism-moral-decay-and-rising-real-estate-prices/#comment-14159 I think it's a good insight that the increasing cost of housing is sapping the ability to help others. It's just the numbers at work. I do know that I just not seeing starter homes getting built anywhere. No three bedroom, 1 bath, 1200 sqft anythings getting built. We all seem to want more features in our homes. A master bedroom is just a basic requirement now. Plus a walk in closet. We're all so much better educated about what can be in a home now. Whether thats greed, or simply better taste... Or are we simply trying to self-actualize through our homes? I think it’s a good insight that the increasing cost of housing is sapping the ability to help others. It’s just the numbers at work.

I do know that I just not seeing starter homes getting built anywhere. No three bedroom, 1 bath, 1200 sqft anythings getting built.

We all seem to want more features in our homes. A master bedroom is just a basic requirement now. Plus a walk in closet. We’re all so much better educated about what can be in a home now. Whether thats greed, or simply better taste…

Or are we simply trying to self-actualize through our homes?

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