Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

HWWLT Logo on yellowHow will we live tomorrow?

“I’m going to be one of your problem children. I spent most of my life thinking about tomorrow. Now that my daughter is gone and I have my diagnosis, I don’t think about it.”

Lynn Battle, accountant, Birmingham, AL

How will we live tomorrow?

“Keep doing what we’re doing.”

Shelley Douglass, Mary’s House, Birmingham, AL

How will we live tomorrow?

“You question happens to be essentially the same as the fourth question in a series of questions often asked by Ravi Zacharias, one of my favorite philosophers.  As Ravi puts it, God has put it in the heart of every man to ask himself and attempt to answer for himself, four essential questions, which have to do with origin, meaning, morality & destiny.  Where do we come from? Why are we here?  What determines right & wrong?  Where am I going?”

Richard Richard, spiritualist, Birmingham, AL

How will we live tomorrow?

“I’m going to be working. Electrical and heating and cooling.”

Jake, van driver, Birmingham, AL

How will we live tomorrow?

“Hopefully by reaching a point where we realize we are in this chaos together, for better or worse.

“If we can’t find honest, sincere people to manage this nation we are doomed to fail and those that follow will be also.

“You can’t take it with you, and no amount of planning can really determine completely what tomorrow may bring.  

‘”Opportunities are like sunrises,

You wait too long and they are gone.’”

Hal Starkey, architect, Birmingham, AL

How will we live tomorrow?

“I hope we’re going to be okay. I’m an all-natural person. I have citronella plants to keep mosquitoes away. I try to use no chemicals and do no harm.”

Ann Riley, artist, Bell Buckle, TN

How will we live tomorrow?

“I’m going for the third party candidate. The world needs a change. Then, I’m going to have some champagne.”

Martha, restaurant owner, Bell Buckle, TN

How will we live tomorrow?

“Hopefully, better than today, right?”

Wes, grandfather, Bell Buckle, TN

How will we live tomorrow?

“I have no idea how we will live tomorrow. I will live my today. Though your question does make me think about technology.”

Zach, optimistic Cubs fan, Bell Buckle, TN

How will we live tomorrow?

“There’s got to be some changes.”

Virginia Brown, Wal-Mart shopper, Fayetteville, TN

How will we live tomorrow?

“I get excited when I think about whiskey.”

Lauren, Tour guide at Jack Daniel’s Distillery, Lynchburg, TN

How will we live tomorrow?

 “For me, allowing me to be present in anything I am doing.”

Tamika, PhD. candidate in Sociology, studying the effects of meditation on prisoners, Nashville, TN

How will we live tomorrow?

“I’m going to live mindfully.”

Layla, PhD. candidate in Sociology, studying changes people getting married, Nashville, TN

How will we live tomorrow?

“It’s a thought provoking question It’s vague. Do you mean how we hope to live tomorrow? I just want to be happy.”

Ashley, hostess, Pinewood Social, Nashville, TN

How will we live tomorrow?

“Tomorrow I will be serving breakfast.”

James, waiter, Pinewood Social, Nashville, TN

How will we live tomorrow?

“The way I see it, God is good all the time and we are His children. This land belonged to the Indians; they took care of it. Now we are here and making a mess of it. I could tell you the story of my life. We don’t know who God is; anyone of us could be God. That’s the blessing that I met you.”

Victor Davis, walker, Nashville, TN

How will we live tomorrow?

“By the grace of God.”

Dave Hardin, Biker’s Choice, Hendersonville, TN

How will we live tomorrow?

“I watch Free Speech on television It gives you a different perspective on the news and our government.”

David, man of the Sixties, Bowling Green, KY

How will we live tomorrow?

“That’s a very interesting question.”

Amber, Grayson County Librarian, Leitchfield KY

How will we live tomorrow?

“I am thinking of how we will take care of our planet. I am thinking about health. It may be yoga or eating right.”

Lauren, Social Impact Alliance, Nashville, TN

 

 

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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