Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

How will we live tomorrow?

“We have four children in their 20’s. They help us see another path, one about balancing work with living.”

Julie Robitaille, Middle School Principal, Missoula, MT

How will we live tomorrow?

“That’s a deep question, a philosophical question. We can say how we’d like to live tomorrow, but having the motivation and determination to make it happen, that’s another thing.”

Ian, Pizza Professional, Pizza Village Inn, Helena, MT

How will we live tomorrow?

“There is shift in the world about who will make money. It’s not about your college training; it’s your creative capacity. In this program, you teach in groups. Parents and method coaches encourage students and counter the long-term challenges to playing. I teach families. They interact and support each other. They build confidence and character. Simply Music has made such an impact on me. It stimulates my mind and keeps my brain active. I want to bring that to others.”

Julie Fallon, Simply Music teacher, Bountiful, UT

How will we live tomorrow?

“The same as today. With an open mind.”

Josh Alberti, Tanzanian cyclist from Fairbanks, AL to Tierra del Fuego

How will we live tomorrow?

“I believe people are hard-wired to want to give back. Veterans are a can-do group. When they come home to ‘can’t-do’ it tears them apart.”

Mark Annis, Social Worker, HUD-VASH Program, Helena, MT

How will we live tomorrow?

“We are going to be a dichotic society. If the next generation looses their connectivity they will be screwed. We don’t learn form success. We learn from our failures. We can’t go back 50 years. It is a time we revel in but we can’t go back and we wouldn’t be happy there anymore anyway.”

JP Molloit, Cyclist at the top of MacDonald Pass, Helena, MT

How will we live tomorrow?

“I was raised to be an overachiever. I have taken your question – five words – and found five words that fit: Trying; Learning; Sharing; Caring; Living.”

Dawn Bridges, warmshowers host extraordinaire, Helena, MT

How will we live tomorrow?

“I choose not to worry about tomorrow. Money goes into retirement and that’s the best you can do. We try to have fun at least once a week. Once a day would be better, but there’s work.”

Charlene Spangler, vacationer broken down along Highway 141, Helmville, MT

How will we live tomorrow?

“The same I do today.”

Sherry, waitress at The Stray Bullet, Ovando, MT

“I strayed here from Great Falls and Lincoln and just stayed.”

How will we live tomorrow?

“I think we’re going to hold on to electricity. We’ve only had it for 150 years, but we act like it’s been around forever. Will we sacrifice everything to keep the lights on?.”

Vince Caristo, Transportation Planner, Bloomington, IN

How will we live tomorrow?

“We were not made to sit all day to make money. We were made to move.”

Alyssa Wojciechowski, Stand-up worker, Portland, OR

How will we live tomorrow?

“That’s the war I want to fight. I want to work in small-scale agriculture.”

Peter Haarkleu, cross-country cyclist, Morristown, NJ

How will we live tomorrow?

“If we can survive Obama for the next 13 or 14 months, we’ll be doing pretty good. That (expletive) is the worst thing that ever happened to our country.”

Dave, Owner of The Ice Cream Station, Dixon, MT

How will we live tomorrow?

“The same as today.”

Marlene Richardson, yard sale hostess, Noxon, MT

 

 

About paulefallon

Greetings reader. I am a writer, architect, cyclist and father from Cambridge, MA. My primary blog, theawkwardpose.com is an archive of all my published writing. The title refers to a sequence of three yoga positions that increase focus and build strength by shifting the body’s center of gravity. The objective is balance without stability. My writing addresses opposing tension in our world, and my attempt to find balance through understanding that opposition. During 2015-2106 I am cycling through all 48 mainland United States and asking the question "How will we live tomorrow?" That journey is chronicled in a dedicated blog, www.howwillwelivetomorrw.com, that includes personal writing related to my adventure as well as others' responses to my question. Thank you for visiting.
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