We are freer than we think
We are freer than we think we are
Meditations on simplicity
We are freer than we think
We are freer than we think we are
How much is actually needed to live a full and prosperous life
We are freer than we think
We are freer than we think we are
Meditations on simplicity
We are freer than we think
We are freer than we think we are
Questions about how to live a full and fulfilling life in a world of limited resources

Is more material wealth the goal for which we should constantly strive?
Meditations on simplicity
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you do not have” [Epicurus]
A political system can be no better than its culture
Meditations on simplicity
“There is no wealth but life.” [J. Ruskin]

“He who knows he has enough is rich” [Lao Tzu]
People who have enough but who do not know it are poor
“He who knows he has enough is rich” [Lao Tzu]
Mindful sufficiency
Meditations on simplicity
“He who knows he has enough is rich” [Lao Tzu]
People who have enough but who do not know it are poor
“He who knows he has enough is rich” [Lao Tzu]
Freedom thus implies restraint

We get our instructions from visions
We get our instructions from dreams
Without dead time, live
We get our instructions from visions
We get our instructions from dreams

Affluence is by no means a precondition to human flourishing
“Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.’ [H. Thoreau]
Wellbeing could not be conflated with materialistic success
“There is no wealth but life.” [J. Ruskin]
We may seem poor in things
But we are rich in time
Thus in our simplicity
We are free

We are freer than we think
We are freer than we think we are
Meditations on simplicity
We are freer than we think
We are freer than we think we are
Mindful sufficiency
We are freer than we think
We are freer than we think we are
Meditations on simplicity
We are freer than we think
We are freer than we think we are

The secret to human flourishing
The principle of sufficiency
The secret to human flourishing
Just enough is plenty
A political system can be no better than its culture
Mindful sufficiency
Meditations on simplicity
“There is no wealth but life.” [J. Ruskin]
Freedom thus implies restraint

We get our instructions from visions and dreams
We get our instructions from dreams
Without dead time, live
We get our instructions from visions and dreams
We get our instructions from dreams

How much is actually needed to live a full and prosperous life
Mindful sufficiency
How much is actually needed to live a full and prosperous life
Meditations on simplicity
Nothing would inspire change more than a real world example of a better way
Thus in our simplicity
We are free

We are freer than we think
We are freer than we think we are
Everything in moderation even excess
We are freer than we think
We are freer than we think we are
Abundance is a state of mind
We are freer than we think
We are freer than we think we are
Scarcity begets creativity
We are freer than we think
We are freer than we think we are
Just enough is plenty
A truth that is obscured only to those who have not sufficiently explored their imaginations
We only get one chance at life
And it pains me that so many seduced into wasting that chance in pursuit of trinkets and baubles

We get our instructions from visions and dreams
We get our instructions from dreams
Nothing would inspire change more than a real world example of a better way
We get our instructions from visions and dreams
We get our instructions from dreams

How beautiful life can be when living simply, laughing often, and loving deeply