This delightful gift book is a celebration of the simple things of life: music, laughter, acts of kindness, family, friends, good manners, and serendipitous surprises. Poems, quotations, and meditations are charmingly illustrated with drawings and photos.
Why Simplify?
" Revised in 1993 to address the trend toward downshifting, this pertinent book helps us to adjust our thoughts, habits, and goals and embrace the key elements of simplicity: frugal consumption, ecological awareness and personal growth.
To welcome unexpected company any time of the day without being embarrassed?To enjoy the activities that you have planned because they stand out rather than blend in with the fast pace of the day?Finally, here is a book that spells out how ...
With arresting clarity, "Journeys of Simplicity" offers vignettes of forty travelers and the few, ordinary things they carried with them from place to place, from day to day, from birth to death.
In the history of our faith, there have been no more eloquent voices calling us back to simplicity than the monks of the Cistercian Order, from Bernard of Clairvaux to Chautard to Merton--all of whom contribute to this powerful book.
Why Simplify?: A Teenager's Guide to a Simple and Purposeful Life