To live content with small means;
to seek elegance rather than luxury,
and refinement rather than fashion;
to be worthy, not respectable; and
wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think
quietly, talk gently, act frankly..to
listen to stars and buds, to babes and
sages, with open heart; await occasions,
hurry never...this is my symphony.
--William Henry Channing
Comment: I found this quote in the "Live Your Best Life" section of O Magazine. Even if it's not always attainable advice, you've got to love those transcendentalists for trying. It really would be a beautiful path to follow. But it's difficult to stay on that path. One minute you're extolling the virtues of less and the next minute you want a new language program so you can learn another language, but you're lap top is old so you need a new lap top and so on and so forth. Here's a quote from Esther De Waal (I have no idea who this is) I have pinned to my board that I try to remind myself of in times of rampant frenzied consumerism, "Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants." It's such a powerful idea, it's just hard to live.
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