I’m reading Walden at the moment and really enjoying it. I think it will prove to be one of the most thought provoking books I have ever read. Well, today in my quiet time I couldn’t get Henry Thoreau’s words out of my head….
“…., I am surprised to learn that they cannot at once name a dozen int he town who own their own farms free and clear.”
“…he may not be the richer but the poorer for it, and it be the house that got him.”
“….consider first how slight a shelter is absolutely necessary.”
” Shall we always study to obtain more of these things, and not sometimes to be content with less? Shall the respectable citizen thus gravely teach, by precept and example, the necessity of the young man’s provoking a certain number of suberfluous glow-shoes, and umbrellas, and empty quest chambers for the empty quests, before he dies?” ********** and this is where I shut the book and decided to take a walk.
I needed a little quiet time to check my heart. Can I live on less? Do we still have too much stuff? and the answer after much arguing on my part was…YES! ughhh…such a hard thing to hear. I have come a long way in regards to living on less and yet I have this overwhelming feeling that this is just the beginning.
CAN I LIVE ON LESS ??
I Can…
I want to….
&
I need to…
Do you even feel something so strongly, something you feel the need to do or change, something you feel so strongly about that you are sure you will not forget or give up on it. And yet, within a week you have convinced yourself it wasn’t as strong of a need as you thought, not as necessary or maybe what you were feeling or hearing was just hormones and not your heart in the first place??? Well, I’m tired of talking myself out of CHANGE. I’m going to try and be brave enough to write down those things here in hopes that by doing that, It will keep me accountable and not allowing me to turn my back on my heart.
Here’s to having the courage to Follow your heart,
~ Barefoot Mama
What I am hearing and feeling today I will write down here, in my safe place, with the hope that I will not forget in the busyness of tomorrow what my heart is so clearly telling me today. ~ B
