Simplicity

We simplify our lives.
We live gladly with less.
We let go the illusion that we can possess.
We create instead.
We let go the illusion of mobility.
We travel in stillness. We travel at home.
By candlelight and in stillness,
In the presence of flowers,
We make our pilgrimage.
We simplify our lives.
Michael Leunig from "The Prayer Tree"

I read this passage this morning and it really struck me. How easy is it to get sucked into materialism? We live in a "fast food" society. We want everything and we want it now. We think possessions are going to bring us happiness... How we have it all wrong.

I've been challenged myself this year about living simply. Living simply so others can simply live. A massive challenge...one i fight every day!