When sitting, just sit.
When eating, just eat.
When walking, just walk.
When talking, just talk.
When listening, just listen.
When looking, just look.
When touching, just touch.
When thinking, just think.
When playing, just play.
And enjoy the feeling of each moment and each day.

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any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.  it takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction. – e.f. schumacher

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The rich man isn’t the one who has the most, but rather the one who needs the least.

the rabbi of berdichev saw a man running down the street.
he asked the man, “why are you hurrying so?”
“i’m rushing to find my livelihood,” the man answered.
“and how do you know,” the rabbi asked, “that your livelihood is running ahead of you? maybe it’s behind you, and all you need to do is stop running and it will catch up to you.”

traditional chassidic jewish story

you can use most any measure
when you’re speaking of success.
you can measure it in fancy home,
expensive car or dress.
but the measure of your real success
is one you cannot spend.
it’s the way your son describes you
when he’s talking to a friend.

martin buxbaum

There are two ways to get enough: One is to accumulate more and more, the other is to desire less.   - G.K. Chesterton.

Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants. – Epictetus

you will never become greater than that which you most desire.

leaning on his fence one day, a devout quaker was watching a new neighbor move in next door. after all kinds of modern appliances, electronic gadgets, plush furniture, and costly wall hangings had been carried in, the onlooker called over, “if you find you’re lacking anything, neighbor, let me know and i’ll show you how to live without it.”

“our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter.”

- harold kushner

(the quote above was submitted on our facebook page. thanks jason.)