Lessons from Life: Less is More
Posted by Peter Endisch on July 24th, 2007 at 13:47 PDT (Reflections)
In my pursuit to become a more just, ethical and environmentally conscious person – but also a happy one, I am starting to discover some startling, yet simple facts to help me achieve this. It’s not all related to one person either, sometimes it’s my observations as to what we should do collectively as well. And it’s not necessarily my own discovery. It is called ‘less is more’.
An interesting fact: people living in countries that have less material wealth live much more balanced and happier lives. Depression really is a western effect.
- less talk, more action
- less roads, more transits
- less bullshit, more truth and transparency
- less extinction, more protection and celebration of life
- less dirty energy, more sustainable one (it can and will become cheaper then dirty energy)
- less meat, more local, organic veggies
- less GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms), more natural
- less TV, more outdoors! (better yet, give your TV away)
- less isolation, more communication
- less anger, more compassion
- less chemicals, more nature
- less proprietary software and hardware, more open source
- less stubbornness, more open minds
- less frowning, more smiling
- less selfishness, more altruism
