Simplicity
An inward reality that results in an outward life style.
Simplicity is the joyful unconcern for possessions we experience as we truly “seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness” (Matt 6:33). Persons living in simplicity realize freedom from anxiety by viewing possessions as gifts from God, remembering we are stewards to care for God’s gifts to us and making our goods available to others. Simplicity is a declaration of war on materialism and it reorients our lives, perspectives, and attitudes.
Contemporary culture lacks both the inward reality and the outward life-style of simplicity . . . We are trapped in a maze of competing attachments.
~ Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline