In the light
of my last blog, my themes simple faith, simple family, and simple finances,
were a direction for living a less complicated life. Personally I hate drama and so if I create
drama on my own, it just ticks me off exponentially!
Being on the
Elizabeth (Libby) identified “home stretch” provides me with a fresh
perspective and motivation I may not have had just six months ago.
I cannot
tell you if Ray and I have been out to eat in 2015! We just rarely do that anymore. We consider the value with the overall health
options and our decision has been to choose home over and over again.
Now this is
a “night and day” change from our previous behavior. But we are at the point that we prefer clean,
lean, green, and we know we can achieve that at home whereas the last time we
went out to eat, our bill was $8 more than usual plus it was unhealthy! Not to mention service is always volatile.
Joan
Chittister says “Most of us have everything we need. Greed is the compulsion to get more because we
refused to enjoy what we have” (2014, p. 180).
Striving to
appreciate and enjoy what you heave is an upstream swim against the American
culture. The heavy flow is pushing you
towards a mentality of excess—more, bigger, better.
Going
against that current is a daily struggle of lifestyle choice and is aided by
values clarification. In my last post, I
indicated that simple faith, simple family, and simple finances were three keys
to how I am attempting to swim upstream.
I’ll admit,
it is not easy and I have a pair of bright, yellow Sperry’s to remind me that I
am flawed and make bad choices.
However, my
goal is to stay close to my values and remind myself daily of the need to
connect to those values.
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