Rick Warren on Life 2.0
I’ve just received an email from Forbes promoting Rich Karlgaard’s book, “Life 2.0: How People Across America Are Transforming Their Lives by Finding the Where of Their Happiness.” It’s the story of Karlgaard’s flight across America in a small plane visiting people who have moved to small towns.
What caught my eye was the fact the email’s subject begins, “Rick Warren Recommends Life 2.0″.
Rick Warren writes:
Never in history has any other group of people had as much freedom to choose where they want to live as Americans do today:
- Our government gives us the liberty to live wherever we want.
- Our prosperity gives us the capacity to live wherever we want,
- Our technology gives us the ability to live wherever we want, and,
- Our diverse American landscape gives us the opportunity to live wherever we want. You can choose practically any climate, any environment, and any population density and still live in America.
This is a privilege that should not be wasted. There is no reason for most Americans to live in a place they dislike, or is harmful to their health, their soul, or their family. We are free to move.
How poignant, how ironic, in the wake of the forced exile of thousands of residents of New Orleans. Many of those residents will find it difficult to live where they want - back in New Orleans. Not all of us have the capacity to get up and move where we want.
