“the myth of ownership” | <br>from Be More With Less

Day 134 - 365, My book Christmas Treeeee for 2012

If you don’t read Courtney Carver’s blog on simplicity/minimalism, “Be More With Less,” you should.  With her down-to-earth writing style, she routinely publishes gems that are worth your time if you at all interested in paring down and simplifying.  Today, she cuts to the chase and reminds us:

You aren’t your stuff and it will never make you more lovable.

In America we need to hear this truth again and again, but what more fitting time than in the midst of the self-inflicted chaos of the holidays when even Christians are focused on the busyness and the ‘stuff’ instead of the quiet anticipation of Advent and the Nativity.

Read her entire post and feel free to tell us what you think…

photo credit: Creative Commons | Nina Matthews

on self importance, from Embracing Obscurity

The trouble with you and me and the rest of humanity is not that we lack self-confidence (as we’re told by the world) but that we have far too much self-importance. The thought of being just another of the roughly one hundred billion people to have ever graced this planet offends us—whether we realize it or not.

Anonymous, Embracing Obscurity

wanting to write but nothing to say

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Today I want to write but have really nothing to say.

I simply want…

  • to feel my pen glide over the paper
  • to hear the soft scratching of the nib on the page
  • to watch the glisten of the wet ink as it dries
  • to hear the jazz music playing softly in the background
  • to touch the smooth paper and hard angles of my pen
  • to smell the faith scent of my steeping pot of tea
  • to write

I simply want to write and get caught up in the delight of the moment.

You want to be successful? If you live comfortably, share what you have. If you have a spouse, serve him or her sacrificially. If your home is filled with the clamor and clutter of children, savor the monumental challenge of raising them. If others follow you, point them to Christ. If you are given accolades, receive them humbly. Love and serve the people around you. Walk well through the inevitable sufferings of life. Live your life worthy of the gospel of Christ. This is true success. And really, what more could we possibly want?

Anonymous, Embracing Obscurity

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