O Emmanuel, our King and Giver of Law:
come to save us, Lord our God!

O King of all nations and keystone of the Church:
come and save man, whom you formed from the dust!

It is that time of year where I most have to fight the cultural influence to get more stuff, have more stuff, do more stuff and all that stuff: Christmas.   Consequently it is the time where I am inclined to leave Simplicity and head right off into Minimalism – which is not something that will work long term for me (at least not as long as I have children).

I can only work on my own definitions here but the distinction between minimalism and simplicity so I am not sure if there would ever be agreement on the differences, bu very, very broadly: Minimalism works from the outside in and Simplicity works from the inside out.

This isn’t to say that one or the other is better, but I work better when I am targeting simplicity by avoiding complication in my world and minimizing things that cause me stress and distraction, but I very much appreciate the more Spartan approach of limiting material possessions and concerns in order to achieve a internal peace and order.   Which is a rather self congratulatory way of reminding myself that it would be a bad idea to grab everything the children have in their rooms and haul it all off to Goodwill.

Planned Parenthood says the offer “reproductive care” but they offer no prenatal care and deliver no babies.  How is that “reproductive care”?