Are We Creating a Present for a Positive Future?
Think back to childhood and dredge up some good memories. For me, my best memories as a kid have nothing to do without getting things. In fact, I can't remember many birthday or Christmas gifts, but I do remember moments. I remember being in the front yard shooting cans out of the air with my dad. I remember the mountain vacations with no TV to entertain, but being left to wander around the cabin and explore with my parents. We bumped into old-timers with crazy stories, panned for gold, and rafted in whitewater. I rarely remember a lecture or instructions the adults in my life gave (not that they were not important), but I remember experiences: a Sunday School teacher taking our class on a prison tour, a high school coach letting me hang at his house, or my father shuffling me through plowed fields looking for Indian relics. I am sure the lectures and teaching shaped my soul, but it's the meaningful experiences that let ...