Spend more time, less money

Life is good.  The ancestors always provide.  We didn't know if we would be able to make it two whole weeks on the money we had.  But guess what.  We did!  I think it was an exercise in what we need vs.  what we want.  We spend a lot of extra money on things that we don't need.  You really don't need to make a billion dollars to live.  The key is prioritizing and cutting down on consumption.  Do less needless driving, spend less on gas.  Cook, spend less eating out.  It seems simple enough, but we live in such a convenience culture.  Right now, right now.  Everything must be done right now, and it must be done for me.  But you know what?  When we spend a little more time, inconvenience ourselves a little, not only do we spend less money, but we find we have more time.  More time to do the things that honor us, our families, our communities.  Less time to do the things that do not serve us or the world.  More time in quiet solitude, less time in front of the TV.  More time cooking good food, less time eating fast food-like substances.  More time loving each other, less time bickering and fighting.  More time, I think, is the key (or at least one of them) to healing this world.  But in a society consumed by capitalism, nobody has enough time (or so we think).  Nobody has enough money (or so they tell us with this news that we are in a recession).  People don't even have enough food (as ridiculous as that is).  The Creator is brilliant and magnificent.  She did not put is in a world where time, food, and love would be in short supply.  These are concepts of human invention.  We created it, we can destroy it.  Time is on our side.

Be well!