Time for change

Education isn't about earning potential, it's about freedom - freedom of thought, freedom of action.

Now is a time for the educated classes to take charge. Rather than simply stepping into the shoes of old 'masters' and doing things the same way, now is the time to use the collected power of free thought and inventiveness to come up with new ways of doing things.

Religions are on the decline because we do not have the need for controlling dogma and simplistic lessons by fear any more. Yet the values that are woven within all religious still hold true:

• Respect for others.
• Caring for others.
• Not doing harm to others.
• Not doing harm to self.
• Accepting things we cannot change.
• Striving for good over evil.
• Forming bonds of family and community and honouring these bonds.
• Understanding our insignificance in the big picture and yet seeing that the chain linking the past to the future is connected by single links that can hold or break.

Human beings have multi skills and I believe where we go wrong is too much specialisation and wedging ourselves into labelled boxes, the most significant being that of what we 'do' for a living. Instead in my world of greater balance, I think everyone should have 2 'works'. Half of time doing paid work which makes a contribution to society, the economy, etc, and the other half doing their creative vocation. The first half concept is easier to understand much the same as now with some tweaks, but the second half I need to expand on. I see it as each person has their 'work' as described by this.

It could be expanding one's mind, or developing ones skills. It could be gardening, making, creating. Things we think of as hobbies. Things we think of as Arts. Things we think of as craft, but also building, making cars, furniture, decorating, or research, science or anything.