HAPPINESS REQUIRES KNOWING HOW TO LIMIT CERTAIN NEEDS THAT DULL US, THUS MAKING US AVAILABLE TO THE MANY POSSIBILITIES THAT LIFE OFFERS. » (P. 173) ———————————– THE JOY OF LOVE. AMORIS LAETITIA. APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION OF POPE FRANCIS THE ONE WHO LOVES IS ABLE TO SAY WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT THAT COMFORT, STRENGTHEN, CONSOLE, STIMULATE. ———————————– ECOLOGICAL CULTURE CANNOT BE REDUCED TO A SERIES OF URGENT AND PARTIAL RESPONSES TO THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE EMERGING IN RELATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, THE DEPLETION OF NATURAL RESERVES AND POLLUTION. IT SHOULD BE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, A THOUGHT, A POLICY, AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, A LIFESTYLE AND A SPIRITUALITY THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A RESISTANCE TO THE ADVANCE OF THE TECHNOCRATIC PARADIGM. OTHERWISE, EVEN THE BEST ECOLOGICAL INITIATIVES CAN END UP BEING LOCKED INTO THE SAME GLOBALIZED LOGIC. TO SEEK ONLY A TECHNICAL REMEDY FOR EACH ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM THAT ARISES IS TO ISOLATE THINGS THAT ARE INTERTWINED IN REALITY, AND TO HIDE THE REAL AND DEEPER ISSUES OF THE GLOBAL SYSTEM. ———————————– THE CURRENT SITUATION IN THE WORLD GENERATES A FEELING OF PRECARIOUSNESS AND INSECURITY WHICH, IN TURN, FEEDS FORMS OF COLLECTIVE SELFISHNESS”. WHEN PEOPLE BECOME SELF