[lisa_spyder]

Milt,

I like reading your posts and I find your views and opinions interesting and thought provoking. I just don't have the time to respond to everything I read...

You do what you are comfortable with but you know you have friends here in any case.

The world would be a damned boring place without differing views and the odd bloodied up spat to keep things spicy!

I know you've tried the decentralised life before and you obviously aren't enjoying where you're at now. Take another look at decentralising somewhere "new" for you. Broaden your already broad outlook even further - you might find what you're looking for someplace you never imagined.

Hell, we've just gone and done it! We've moved 3 kids and Mum to a country town but we still commute back into the city for work. Mind you, we're not remote - about an hour and a bit from Melbourne now. But we could be anywhere once we're home! We're in a town of 12,000 people and it's NICE! I mean really nice...rolling pastures, mountains in the distance, so far great people who have time to give a smile. I am hoping that it stays this way for a long time. I think it's up to a community to ensure this and I get the feeling we've made a good choice for our kids and us in doing this. I love what we do everyday (mostly!), but I find myself counting down the hours when I can point the car to home at night.

Milt, please look around some...pursuit of happiness is far from easy but you deserve to find it.

Cheers,

Lisa