The beauty of less is that you have MORE time to give, more energy to share, and more life to live. Your life isn't surrounded by things all around you. You simply have what brings you joy, and everything else you let go.
My whole life I've heard people say, "well you can't take it with you when you die" which is a) morbid but b) compeletely true. You really can't.
Living life with less means less time dusting, buying, moving, selling, giving, worrying, and more time living, sleeping, playing, traveling, and maintaining. There are things we need in life, and those things are God, family, food, shelter, and air. The rest is a bonus. I think just this year our family has found the balance of what's right for us. We originally wanted a tiny little house. Truly tiny, about 1,050 square feet actually. It was small, but it was fine, and life really was simple. We had extra money, more time, but the one thing missing was personal space. You can't fully relax if you never have a moment to be alone or think. When you are trying to read and you can hear someone else breathing, it might be too tight. That's what we ran into with little kids.
Now, I would say we've found a happy medium. We live on some land, we have time together, the house isn't too big, but enough that everyone has their own personal space. I'm all about a home feeling like a home. We need pictures on the walls of people that we love, we need furniture that's inviting so people want to come, and then they like to stay.
The beauty of less is that it doesn't take long to clean. There's more time for cooking, for swinging, for football on Saturday, and I love it all.
If just reading this gives you hives and stresses you out, this probably isn't how you need to live. This may not be your mantra, but for us, for the Meisners, we just prefer the beauty of simplicity.
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Hello Michelle. I am a Pastor from Mumbai, India. I am glad to stop by your profile on the blogger and the blog post. I am also blessed and feel privileged and honoured to get connected with you as well as know you and about your love for God's Word. I am also blessed by your blog post on "The More Of Less". So encouraging to go through your blog post. As Christians every one of us need to prefer the beauty of simplicity. I love getting connected with the people of God around the globe to be encouraged, strengthened and praying for one another. I have been in the Pastoral ministry for last 39 yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city with a great contrast where richest of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach out to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring healing to the brokenhearted. We also encourage young and the adults from the west to come to Mumbai to work with us during your vacation time. Looking forward to hear from you very soon. God's richest blessings on you, your family and friends. My email id is: dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede
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