Saturday 8th August

I always appreciate the simplicity of life when I'm away from home. Be this at camp in the US, in the Philippines or here. The tribal culture among the Samburu people here, like the families in the park and the Bucana people in the Philippines is not materialistic or over indulgent. It appears to me that in Western society we over feed people, over cloth them, over medicate them and pretty much over expose them to everything making us less human than once we were. Add over diagnosing to that list and over using cosmetics. So much so that we have a shortened tolerance of hunger, are more susceptible to dehydration, have less appreciation for natural looks, are less active and fatter as well as being so over interested in material purchases and possessions which really don't contribute to the grand scale of things. Don't we invent all these specialisms too which even creates jobs. Dare I say psychiatry, psychology, acupuncture, occupational therapy, speech therapy and I would add Teacher. Tribes and native people seemed to survive well for hundreds of years without needing to import or establish such roles. Have these categories led to or become a result of a breakdown in community. Thus giving rise to the need for charities.