Some food for thought from a homesteading Quaker living in that beautiful part of Sweden called Småland.
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Thursday, July 7, 2011
Simplify the World ~ Elise Boulding
“We can’t simplify the world. There’s no wand we can wave to remove the complexities around us…So, in a profound sense, we have to take responsibility for living on the planet." ~ Elise Boulding
I must have heard these words dozens of times before, but today they spoke to me with freshness. I have been struggling to say much the same things for months now; http://radref.blogspot.com/2011/06/simplicity.html
We have come to the point where complexity is not only breathless and exhausting but also terminal. It has never been more important to nurture simplicity, beginning with ourselves. Shalom, phil
I must have heard these words dozens of times before, but today they spoke to me with freshness. I have been struggling to say much the same things for months now; http://radref.blogspot.com/2011/06/simplicity.html
ReplyDeleteWe have come to the point where complexity is not only breathless and exhausting but also terminal. It has never been more important to nurture simplicity, beginning with ourselves. Shalom, phil