Three weeks to the day after leaving Nanaimo, BC we pulled our tired, battered truck and trailer up to our new home, in Fosterville, NB. Our community is small, not even a village. Since we are in lake country, during the summer the population swells to three or four times the number of residents that […]
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Blessed With Less
Blessed With Less Live Simply In Mindfulness And Gratitude Voluntary simplicity is a way of life that puts personal, inner growth ahead of material, outer growth. Also known as simple living, it advocates living with less, not as a result of poverty, but as a conscious choice. Self reliance is a principle central to this […]
Voluntary Simplicity
Voluntary Simplicity (Part 2) – A Transition from Consumption A life of simplicity means different things to each of us. For me, it means second-hand clothes and only cleaning house when it’s therapeutic. For a friend of mine, it’s choosing unhurried, inexpensive pleasures like reading a good book or listening to the birds sing, rather […]
Voluntary Simplicity
Voluntary simplicity, simply defined, is a state of mindfulness. It’s being mindful of how much we save or spend, conserve or consume, protect the Earth or plunder her. It’s being mindful of whether we see life through a lens of abundance and gratitude or a lens of scarcity and resistance. It’s deciding for ourselves, on […]