Do you feel like life is a constant game of catch-up? No matter how much you strive to get and do, you feel like you need to do more or have more?
We’re encouraged to seek out success, wealth, and material possessions, against which we measure our status, self-worth and happiness. We continually strive to achieve these things, but when we get them, we feel only a fleeting sense of happiness before setting our sights on the next thing. And this pursuit of 'stuff' often comes at the sacrifice of our physical, mental, and emotional health.
There’s no denying that money is an important part of our society and having a degree of financial stability increases our ability to enjoy life. But the reality is that most of us live in a world of overabundance. We need to realise that we have enough. We need to stop linking our self-worth and happiness to doing and having more. That’s a journey worth taking."
"Green Renaissance", a tiny collective of passionate filmmakers who live off-grid on the tip of Africa just outside Cape Town, dedicate their time to making films to share their ideas which they hope will inspire us all.
I love the South African scenery and their South African/Afrikaans accents - back in the late 60s, after my sojourn in South-West Africa, I had been offered a job with the then VOLKSKAAS and was sorely tempted to stay on in Cape Town - and I have been inspired by their stories. I think you will be inspired, too. View them on Youtube here.
