The plaque build-up of Lean Cuisines, stale TV programming and strip mall culture wears on a person. Its hard to tell whether you're in Charlotte, NC or Fargo, ND given by the options on the exit signs. In the 1950s-70s we did good at streamlining a person's day to day habits by corralling them and their families into spending and activity patterns. In order to lead an independent, healthy life away from the many ills created since WWII there are many things to unlearn and much to relearn that we have forgotten.

Connected through television and mass media, many people are easily influenced into becoming more like each other, not in the sense that they share unique interests, but because they choose the same products, watch the same shows and talk about both until they lose themselves. Some mainstream circles celebrate diversity but often under the guise of sarcasm or brief attention. Being different is a con. The goal of American sterility can be none other than a form of control.

We have spent many years since then isolating ourselves from our communities, from nature and spirituality and from ourselves in support of a culture of dialysis. Below are some ways to gain back some feeling and generate a richer way of life: