Like many other young couples, Aimee and Jeff Harris spent the first years of their marriage eagerly accumulating stuff: cars, furniture, clothes, appliances and, after a son and a daughter came along, toys, toys, toys.
Now they are trying to get rid of it all, down to their fancy wedding bands. Chasing a utopian vision of a self-sustaining life on the land as partisans of a movement some call voluntary simplicity, they are donating virtually all their possessions to charity and hitting the road at the end of May.
My family has no plans to travel this far down the path of simplicity, but we are working to rid our home of excess clutter. When we need inspiration, we'll turn to the Harris blog:
Why are we doing this?
Because we have a dream. A dream of a better life and a better world. A dream of a reality where people get what they need... where all people have a right and the ability! to live within their natural state: Health, Freedom and Joy! A world where we truly use our minds and our bodies to their fullest intended abilities and really, truly, enrich our souls!
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