June 16--Blessed Nature

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.  --Frank Lloyd Wright

    These are the words of Sister Jose Hobday, from her book "Simple Living: The Path to Joy and Freedom":

    Simple living is not about elegant frugality. It is not really about deprivation of whatever is useful and helpful for our life. It is not about harsh rules and stringent regulations. To live simply, one has to consider all of these and they may be included to some degree, but simple living is about freedom. It’s about a freedom to choose space rather than clutter, to choose open and generous living rather than a secure and sheltered way.
    Freedom is about choices: Freedom to choose less rather than more. It’s about choosing time for people and ideas and self-growth rather than for maintenance and guarding and possessing and cleaning. Simple living is about moving through life rather lightly, delighting in the plain and the subtle. It is about poetry and dance, song and art, music and grace. It is about optimism and humor, gratitude and appreciation. It is about embracing life with wide-open arms. It’s about living and giving with no strings attached. . . .
    Simple living is as close as the land on which we stand. It is as far-reaching as the universe that makes us gasp. Simple living is a relaxed grasp on money, things, and even friends. Simplicity cherishes ideas and relationships. They are treasured more because simplicity doesn’t cling nor try to possess things or people or relationships. Simplicity frees us within, but it frees others, too. . . . Simple living is a statement of presence. The real me. This simplicity makes us welcome among the wealthy and the poor alike. . . .
    We will not be happy living selfishly in a small world. We must live in awareness and in association with the whole real world. Our universe. Our cosmos. Our environment. Our earth. Our air. Our water supply. Our country. Our neighbor. Our car. Our homes. All are part of simple living.

    Nature did her best for us yesterday, with a glorious sunny day on the beach. We walked to a local bar for supper. Just a note that a crab cake costs $25 here. Folks here are quite proud of their crabs. 😉😉

    I was quite blessed five years ago to tour Wright's Falling Water home (photo below). It is amazing, as is all his work. It uses his belief in Nature to the max. It is well worth the roaming drive in southwestern Pennsylvania to see this architectural wonder. 

    Profoundly grateful!!

        Leta

FLW, Falling Water, August 2017