Letting the necessary speak
After a busy weekend full of
baking bread
making granola
and boiling sap...
....I reflected on the idea of simple living. Simple living sometimes doesn't feel so simple. I decided that a better word for the kind of life I hope we are leading might be "grounded." And then I found this quote:
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
exactly.
Love that quote-just sums it all up!
I'll be along to pick up my quart of syrup! A small price to pay for the services of a professional silviculturist......;)
Perfectly said!
What a great reflection!!
Indeed, I thought moving to this farm would lead to more simplicity and now I wonder if I was temporarily insane. I really like that quote, I may have to tape it to my fridge. What a perfect looking weekend.
That quote is so true. I don't like the way my life feels when I get too busy for the necessary things, like making bread.
Oh, so true! I think that often when I bake bread, make a meal from scratch, putter in the yard, etc. And yet....oh, the feeling is just marvelous when the task is done!
I loved this post. :)
A beautiful quote for a beautiful way of life.
Having lived the Laura Ingalls life in my chidlhood I have often said that it really isnt simple. Its very time consuming and lots and lots of work. I love that quote though. Thats positively true.
such truth in those words. thanks for sharing and also for another peek into your daily work and warming way of life.
Exactly indeed, and just what I needed to hear - thank you!
Who wrote that? It really sums up so much. Cooking from scratch, tending to home and yard and garden, making things, being involved with our children and community. So necessary, yet busy, busy, busy. I guess that is it for me, simple doesn't necessarily free one from the busy life.
I love the quote and your life does look so wonderful and wholesome!
Simple living doesn't mean less work, does it? But when it's necessary work, then definitely you feel more grounded.
Good, good words. Just for fun, I looked up simple in an online dictionary:
"easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty
• plain, basic, or uncomplicated in form, nature, or design; without much decoration or ornamentation
• [ attrib. ] used to emphasize the fundamental and straightforward nature of something"
I think the whole simplicity movement might want to rethink the term. :<) I like 'grounded' and 'fundamental' -
Mmmm that maple syrup!!!
My Grandpa used to say that simple living was really a very intricate dance, but once you learnt the steps you can really live into that rhythm and dance with the world.
What a beautiful quote. Nice syrup - I taped my first tree ever this year and we got about 2 small jars worth. I will be doing much more next year!
Yum! Maple syrup and fresh granola. I love the quote too. I have the fondest childhood memories of tapping maple trees and drinking the fresh, cool sap water. So delicious!
since we travel quite a bit my girls are constantly asking me when we can go to where people live like laura and mary did in the little house in the big woods- maybe it's your house! they would be in heaven here!
Well....they say that Vermont is another country :)
Yum! And accurate quote!
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This quote is so beautiful and so true. Thanks! :)