Looks like a lovely winter-time read.... Fortunately, although the roots of consumerism are shallow, the roots of simplicity are deep, and this book will invite readers to put their hands in the soil of history to examine those deep roots, to feel them and learn from them, in the hope of enriching the present as we move into an uncertain future. But what does it mean to ‘live simply’? Granted, this is a concept that means different things, to different people... Broadly speaking, simple living refers to a way of life based on notions such as frugality, sufficiency, moderation, minimalism, self-reliance, localism, and mind-fulness. It can be understood to refer to ‘the middle way’ between overconsumption and under-consumption, where basic material needs are sufficiently met but where attention is then directed away from continuous materialistic pursuits, in search of non-materialistic sources of satisfaction and meaning.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:32:37 +0000
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