tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33598850.post5069769048806270130..comments2023-04-24T02:57:34.415-07:00Comments on A Friend in Need: Simple GiftsHeather Madronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14822864657970530172noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33598850.post-13476800217740914202007-02-26T11:20:00.000-08:002007-02-26T11:20:00.000-08:00Thank you, well put!This question of stripping awa...Thank you, well put!<BR/><BR/>This question of stripping away the inessential to make room for or at least to make it easier to see the essential is my new theme in household management. I've done a lot of work in that field on my self - my time, wardrobe, etc. But clearing away the outward clutter seems to come in opposite waves from clearing out my inner clutter, like six months on one, six months on the other, and then I have to go back and clean out the first realm again.<BR/><BR/>And I find that simpler birthday parties are less likely to produce tears, in the birthday child and guests, as well as the parents.Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33598850.post-10290414983429938872007-02-24T19:55:00.000-08:002007-02-24T19:55:00.000-08:00This post gets to something that is sometimes slip...This post gets to something that is sometimes slippery about the Quaker faith: the discipline of removing all that is not God so we are left with more that is <B><I>of</I></B> God. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing your gift and ministry of simplicity in this way. Your words resonate with me.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Liz Opp, <A HREF="http://thegoodraisedup.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">The Good Raised Up</A>Liz Opphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802348848085930901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33598850.post-46095303626021086332007-02-18T23:37:00.000-08:002007-02-18T23:37:00.000-08:00I love this, Heather. Though I chuckled at the en...I love this, Heather. Though I chuckled at the ending--it reminded me of the comic that shows the Dalai Lama at his own birthday party, opening an empty gift box, and exclaiming, "just what I wanted! Nothing!" <BR/><BR/>I just touched on the topic of simplicity in a blog post of my own before reading your post.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577327080587108034noreply@blogger.com