Good Life

I love tucking away little notes of encouragement,

insight, and wisdom into my journals.

Today, I was reading about the simple life

of Scott and Helen Nearing, and it sparked my interest.

I put her cookbook in my cart on Amazon,

and contemplated putting her memoir

in the basket while I was at it. 

I stepped in and intervened myself.

I'm a book junkie.

I'll read 5 or 6 at the same time...

and then order another one that sits and waits...or

sometimes I start reading it immediately,

  bumping another aside. 

It's a thing. I have enough.

Anyways....

I found these suggestions out of Helen's memoir and

wanted to tuck them in my blog for safe keeping.

"*Do the best you can, with whatever you have.

*Be at peace with yourself.

*Find a job you enjoy.

*Live in simple conditions; housing, food, clothing; get rid of clutter.

*Contact nature every day; feel the earth under your feet.

*Take physical exercise through hard work; through gardening or walking.

*Don't worry; live one day at a time.

*Share something every day with someone else; if you live alone,

write someone; give something away; help someone somehow.

*Take time to wonder at life and the world; see some humor in life where you can.

*Observe the one life in all things.

*Be kind to the creatures."

~Helen Nearing February 23, 1904 - September 17, 1995

xoxo

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