Two of my favorite writers are Henry David Thoreau and Laura Ingalls Wilder. Both preferred the simple life.
At his rural cabin in Concord, in the American state of Massachusetts, Thoreau had this sign: I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life. And see if I could learn what it had to teach, and not when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Laura once said It is the simple things of life that make living worthwhile.… Read more
Is it really necessary to study deep philosophy and all the world religions to be truly spiritual? ~ Ted Murray
If you’re reading this, you’re probably on a deliberate, conscious path of spiritual growth. I am too.
But do we make our spiritual paths more complicated than they need to be? If you’re like I was for many years, you make spirituality—and even life itself—anything but simple. It’s as if simplicity was a curse.
In Ted Murray’s words above, he’s implying many of us ignore simplicity on our spiritual paths.… Read more
To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, not even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Sign at Henry David Thoreau’s cabin
Walden Pond, Concord, Massachusetts
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Shortly before I moved to Wyoming many years ago, I made a conscious choice to simplify my life. I got rid of anything I did not need.… Read more
Happy Child, by Steve Hillebrand, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
In our last post, After You Read This You’ll Never Need To Make Another New Year Resolution Again, I mentioned I no longer regularly make new year resolutions—though I did make one for 2014. You can read the post for more details.
And in 2013 I made another resolution, though not at the new year. Let me explain.
Many of the folks I work with, and also some of those among my family and friends suffer from depression.… Read more
