Homesong

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Competitively Supportive

There is another Homesong out there on the interweb.

I just thought I would mention it, because it is a really beautifully made website. Nothing at all to do with gigs in homes. It’s all about making nice things for your home. Take a look.

There are also a lot of other Davids out there. It’s amazing how we all usually manage to co-exist without seeing each other as a threat.

Some people would argue that humans are successful because we are successfully competitive. That is part of the story.

But I like to think that the reason that we stand out from every other animal - when we are the best version of ourselves - is that we have learnt to co-operate, support and empathise with others to an incredible degree. At our best we recognise that we’re all in this together.

We stand, or fall, together.

Of course the competitive tendency can also be useful. Perhaps we need to learn to be competitively supportive.