+ we may start to question the legitimacy of the assumption,
firmly lodged in global understandings of success and development,
that continuous growth in sales is essential,
that more is better,
that it leads to life.
~Kate Fletcher
"Hone our attention on using garments
+ we may start to question the legitimacy of the assumption, firmly lodged in global understandings of success and development, that continuous growth in sales is essential, that more is better, that it leads to life. ~Kate Fletcher
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In many shamanic societies,
if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited or depressed, they would ask one of four questions: When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop finding comfort in the sweet territory of silence? Dancing, singing, storytelling + silence are the four universal healing salves + where we have stopped them is where we have experienced the loss of soul. ~Gabrielle Roth Pay more attention to every moment, however mundane.
Find novelty not by doing radically different things but by plunging more deeply into the life you already have. Experience life with twice the usual intensity, and 'your experience of life would be twice as full as it currently is'. ~Oliver Burkeman / 'Shinzen Young' This weekend, someone asked me why I don't do a men's line.
I replied, I am working as hard as I care to be. I value my free time. He said, that is pretty interesting, I like that. You know what I say, freedom is wealth. #freestate ~Jesse Kamm (photo via) Little resources are needed to keep a garment in rotation-
neither money nor material. ~Kate Fletcher When we’re feeling overwhelm,
it’s because we relate to tasks as a burden or a chance to let others down or fail or look foolish (or something similar). If we relate to our tasks this way, then the more tasks we have, the more stressful and burdensome things will be. If we have two tasks, that’s not too bad, but having a hundred chances to fail is super stressful! What if, instead, we viewed the tasks as an opportunity to practice focus and to be present? An opportunity to serve and add value? An opportunity to play and be curious? A place to find joy and transcendent experience? ~Leo Babauta Excess is something that has to be taught.
It doesn't come naturally for us to be so wasteful. ~Liz Ricketts Consumption is a word that is being misused,
at least when it comes to the fashion industry... because "consumed" means...to use up...to finish something. But those of us who are upper + middle class people in the global north... we're barely wearing our clothes. We are not using them up by any stretch of the imagination. What we purchase is underutilized. We are just wasting the finite resources that are required to make new clothes, and at the same time, we are wasting our money. ~Liz Ricketts Waste makes visible our separation from nature.
We are the only species that creates "waste", meaning a byproduct that poisons us + poisons the ecosystem that we rely on. We need to connect more with nature. We need to embrace more decay + decomposition and not hold up recycling as more important than those processes. ~Liz Ricketts Living simply makes loving simple.
The choice to live simply necessarily enhances our capacity to love. It is the way we learn to practice compassion, daily affirming our connection to a world community. ~bell hooks |
on a journey toward zero-waste, simplicity, + compassion :: daring to choose fair one choice at a time
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