Weekend Reads

May 4, 2013
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The average American sees 5,000 advertisements per day—each communicating a message to purchase more. Here then, are just a few short messages inspiring you to purchase less. As you find a quiet moment this weekend and a warm cup of coffee, consider again the life giving opportunity of owning less. The Life-Giving Pursuit of Minimalism [...]

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4 Ways Minimalism Can Improve Parenting

May 2, 2013
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Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post by Mike Burns of The Other Side of Complexity. For a number of years, my family has been pursuing a life of more focused simplicity. We realize life can be complicated. But we don’t want to just surrender to the complication. This is why minimalism has been [...]

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Not What We Possess, But What We Pursue

April 30, 2013
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“We become that which we love.” ― Saint Bridget For too long, society has defined the good life in terms of physical possessions. We have been told happiness is found in big houses, new cars, fashionable clothing, and full closets. As a result, we spend much of our lives pursuing possessions seeking this promised happiness in [...]

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Minimalism: Addition not Subtraction.

April 26, 2013
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“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” — Hans Hofmann Four years ago, my neighbor looked on as I pulled item after item out of my garage. Winter had ended in Vermont and our Saturday morning had been committed to spring cleaning around the house. I chose the [...]

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Speak Joy

April 22, 2013
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“In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.” - Brennan Manning Seth Godin, who I enjoy reading, once wrote, “If you come to my brainstorming meeting and say nothing, it would have been better if you hadn’t come at all. Not adding value is the same as taking it away.” In Seth’s [...]

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