This was written in 1960's, and is so true. Who has time to juggle the events and management pushed on us by various groups we are part of?
"The truth of it is that personal contacts at home take considerable time and effort, which most busy Americans simply don't have. The day and a half a week that Rhoda and I had free whisked by at play rehearsals with our little-theater group or at the small art gallery that we helped operate. During the week there were symphony rehearsals, choir practice, professional-group meetings, hobbies, Rhoda's girl scout troop, socializing with good friends, night extension classes, and, of course, the weekend chores of yard and home. These were not good or bad, wise or unwise choices of interests; they were, like many other things that Americans do, merely activities we thought important to the fulfillment of our lives. Even the most discriminating use of time left us unable to extend ourselves for social service projects of any duration."
(Barrios of Manta. Rhoda & Earle Brooks, 2012)
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