WE ARE EXPLORING THE PRACTICE
OF SIMPLICITY
+ In her book Choosing Simplicity, Linda Breen
Pierce offers a list of common lifestyle patterns in people who live simply:
1. Limiting
material possessions to what is needed and/or cherished.
2. Meaningful work,
whether paid or volunteer, ideally spending no more than 30 hours per week (in
order to make time for items #3 to 12, below).
3. Quality
relationships with friends and family.
4. Joyful and
pleasurable leisure activities.
5. A conscious and
comfortable relationship with money.
6. Connection to
community, but not necessarily in formal organizations.
7. Sustainable
consumption practices.
8. Healthy living
practices, including exercise, adequate sleep, and nutritious food.
9. Practices that
foster personal growth, an inner life, or spirituality such as yoga,
meditation, prayer, religious ceremonies, journal writing, and
spiritually-related reading.
10. Connection to
nature — delighting in spending time in nature regularly.
11. Aesthetic
beauty in personal environment.
12. Living in
harmony with values and integrity.
+ I will never forget hearing a friend describe what he
encountered on a mission trip to Nicaragua in the 1980s. He said he had never
seen such poverty in his life AND he had never seen such joy. Could it be that less really is better?
+ Simplicity
is not one of the 37 Spirituality & Practice practices BUT put
Simplicity in their Search Engine and you come up with 314 items including
117 quotes, 156 books, 11 practices, 9 teachers, 1 arts link, 11 e-courses, 7
films and 1 blog as of 6/4/16. Go to http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/search/?q=Simplicity
+ I would love it if you offered a guest post on this
practice or any practice. And, I have
work to do on my Simplicity
Page. Maybe you can help. Send an email with the subject “Simplicity”
or “Guest Post” to John@abundancetrek.com.
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