More Darvell

I promised some thoughts on the negatives of living in community.
Well, first of all there's getting up at 5.30 am for breakfast at 6.30.
Then there's fasting for lunch to appreciate what it means to say 'Give us this day our daily bread', and to identify with a suffering world. Actually because I was a visitor I was given lunch, so they are not legalistic.
Then there are no holidays, or going off independently.
And then there's the cold for this person used to a cosy house.

It's almost like taking up your cross.

This is the challenge, isn't it? You can't have community in whatever form PLUS independence. Which do we want more? There's talk these days of folks setting up small communities for their old age rather than going into a home. It will be interesting to see how these develop.