Bread Roses ✦ Validated & Simple

Roses are the Saturday morning you don't set an alarm. They are the novel you read on the porch, the guitar you strum for no one, the time spent laughing with friends until your stomach hurts. Roses are the art on your wall, the wildflowers growing through the crack in the sidewalk, and the dignity of leaving work at 5:00 PM to watch your kid’s soccer game.

It goes like this: "The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too." Bread Roses

Let’s talk about why we need both.

Capitalism is very good at giving us things (bread), but it is terrible at giving us time (roses). The system often tells us that anything that isn't productive is a waste. But stopping to smell the roses isn't a distraction from a good life; it is the good life. Roses are the Saturday morning you don't set an alarm

The original strikers in Lawrence understood this radical idea: It goes like this: "The worker must have

First, we have to be serious about the "Bread." Bread is the rent. It is the grocery bill, the student loan payment, the healthcare premium, and the emergency fund that keeps the wolf from the door.