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Here is a poem about voluntary simplicity. Poverty is brutal. None the less, seriously leaning into “more for less” can unleash deeper “values.” I have learned to relish having “more time than money” and shedding less satisfying consumer-oriented impulses. I have found great wealth in slowing down and letting life flow over and through me more sow than “making things” happen.<\/p>\n

Udder Simplicity<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hear and now
\nLean
\nInto poverty
\nAnd loan some virtues
\nThrifty abundance
\nThanks giving
\nWithout stuffing
\nTimeless
\nWithout
\nPretense or tense
\nPriceless
\nWithin
\nTranscending the buy and buy
\nAnd if you should find yourself
\nIn cross country
\nKeep on truckin\u2019
\nWith semi voluntary poverty
\nWhat
\nThe whirled takes
\nGod returns
\nA gazillion times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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