"Simplicity of life requires that we be honest about who and what we are. We live a simple life when we do not pretend to be something we are not.
Simplicity is honesty, but it is also detachment. Honesty enables me to discover the hard truth that simplicity of life is not frugality of life. It is life unencumbered, life free of the things we own so that they do not own us.
Simplicity is openness to the beauty of the present, whatever its shape, whatever its lack. It enables us to be conscious of where we are and to stop mourning where we are not.
Simplicity and serenity, simplicity and honesty, simplicity and openness, simplicity and acceptance are synonyms too long kept secret."
What is a simple life in a world and a society where having enough is never quite enough? What is the value of simplicity?
This is what becoming fully human is all about...
Joan Chittister, Benedictine sister, author - 2005
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- We are all creatures of habit and routine, breezing through life as if tomorrow will always be here. We seldom pause to discover the center of our true being, the meaning of our very existence. Awareness can sometimes be difficult to achieve. It can be challenging to find time to slowdown, to pause, to quieten ourselves...until it is "forced" upon us...by which time, it may be too late... I am just a humble sojourner on this journey through life, learning, sharing my simple thoughts, quiet reflections, discoveries...to gently nudge and help my fellow companions into seeing things they did not see before, pondering on thoughts, embracing things that matter; to become more aware...more conscious...of life...to live life more meaningfully... Life's journey can sometimes get routine, lonely, dull, dark and burdensome, it is good to share the light with companions...I simply invite you to follow this humble journal and share this pilgrimage with me...
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