OLIVER SACKS - GRATITUDE

‘‘I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers.

Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.”

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EVERY DAY REFLECTIONS:

1940s. Duane Elgin. “The intention of voluntary simplicity is not to dogmatically live with less. It’s a more demanding intention of living with balance. This is a middle way that moves between the extremes of poverty and indulgence.”

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REFLECTIONS: LIVING MORE SUSTAINABLY- THROUGH ZEN HABITS

Reflections - The beauty of this is that everyone’s essential needs are entirely different – there are no rules as to what brings you happiness and what are your grounding essential needs to create harmony & balance.

  Ultimately choices have to be sustainable for yourself to ensure they last and feel possible, every day small choices form a difference, within yourself & for the planet. 

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CONSIDERED THOUGHTS

Inspired by the Japanese concept of ‘MA’

‘ MA in essence is what makes minimalism possible. MA is in the purposeful pauses in speech which make words stand out. It is in the quiet time we all need to make our busy lives meaningful, and in the silence between the notes which make the music. Where there is clutter, even valuable things lose their value. Where there is too much, nothing stands out.’

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