Our Connective Existence: If Only We Could be Governed by Our Hearts:

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(It seems as though the entire planet has been conditioned to accept the ideology of self and trained to seek individuality above the collective whole. This singular focus on “me” has a devastating impact, instead of thriving as a community, we are taught to succeed on our own.)

You might be able to relate this back to a time where neighbors were more influential within the neighborhood and communicated more often with each other. Especially within smaller communities where you once had small businesses they tended to run into each other. More often produced by the women at a time when they were more homemakers than today's source of income. I know that sounds wrong, but that's what it's been reduced to, or raised to, depending on how you look at it.

I drive for a scrap steel company, but was actually part of an independent trucking company this nationwide company bought out. It's been a bit of a roller coaster ride from the buy out to today. Eventually they quit leasing the old building and yard we were at from my old boss and moved us to the nearest local scrap yard. By this time we were down to only 3 drivers. That's another whole nightmare I won't go into though. I'm attempting to tie this article into the what I see as the corporate effect. Being I think we might view this as a result of trickle down from the corporate policies. At least mine. The transportation department is also right there across from the yard in which they moved our then office manager to, Lisa. Very territorial when it came to now having to work with another bought out trucking company and move from her very private little office, to now have to share her day with others. It was quite the adjustment for her. Her first bitch was how no one there ever talked to each other. Came in morning and gone at the end of the day like no one even existed with them in the building. She was very use to pretty much running our company. Some of her job having been deleted and passed to other people around the country making it hard for her to take care of her drivers. That was the other bitch she had. Trying to get information to get proper permits and licenses etc in on time now depended of other people. While making calls to try to get things done she was often told to just do what she's to do and let other do what they do. Well, that just doesn't work to well when everyone is spread out around the country. We often run into speed bumps, and not the kind in lots and driveways. And we kind of just got use to it and go with the flow now?