Less is less

Karmatube is a collection of inspiring videos accompanied by simple actions.  This particular story is about Jon, who now lives in Bangkok.  (View his video http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=2747)

"Life is easy" says Jon Jandai. "Why do we have to make it so difficult?" After pursuing "success" in Bangkok for several years, Jo dropped out of university to return to village life. There, he went back to the life he knew as a child, working 2 months of the year to grow rice (with an additional 15 minutes a day to grow vegetables), dug a couple of fish ponds, built his own homes using earthen bricks, and gave up buying clothes (he has so many clothes from friends and visitors that he has to give them away). Jo contends that to be happy, we cannot just rely on money; we have to reconnect with each other.

In a time that while we work we do more with less, it seems at home we need more to have more.  It is about keeping up with “those” people next door.  Little do we know that many high end homes are mortgaged to capacity and many are only two to three payments away from foreclosure.  Expensive cars are not far behind on this list.

Doing more with less can be a very powerful way to live. Warren Buffet, believe it or not, is a man who lives closely to this model.  I live only a mile or two from his Omaha home, it is modest, comfortable and nothing you would expect one of the wealthiest people to own.  He drives a Cadillac, and it is a few years old.  He wears the same pair of shoes that he wore a few years ago, he just had new sole’s put on them.  If Warren can live will below his means (he could buy a shoe company!) I think that the rest of us would be doing ourselves a favor by seeing how we can do more with less.

We can be the change we seek in this world. and in ourselves.  One day.  One journey.  One person.  One less thing in our life at a time.

Royal D. Bush serves as a Multifaith Chaplain with Inclusive Life.  He studied at Andersonville Theological Seminary, and with the International Institute of Faith Based Counseling.  He holds a Bachelor Degree in business administration. Chaplain Royal shares two important messages: You are beautiful, you are loved and you are worthy, just the way you are.  And: Now is time in this world that every human being is called to life up the weak, offer a hand UP to the impoverished, cherish our elders and stand up for the oppressed. 

Chaplain Royal officiates weddings and funerals in Iowa and Nebraska.  He is available for premarital coaching, couples coaching, life coaching, pastoral care and hospital visits.

Inclusive Life offers both nondenominational and nonreligious care: serving all, without exception!   Inclusive Life offers Wedding Ministers, Premarital Coaching, Couples Coaching, Funeral Ministers, End of Life Planning, Pastoral Care, and Pathways Worship.

CONTACT US:

info@inclusivelife.org

www.inclusivelife.org

www.facebook.com/inclusivelife

402-575-7006

105 S. 49^th Street Omaha, NE 68132

500 Willow Ave Council Bluffs, IA 51503

Omaha Weddings. Omaha Counseling. Omaha Funerals, Nebraska Weddings

Council Bluffs Weddings, Council Bluffs Counseling, Council Bluffs Funeral, Iowa Weddings