I threw a dinner party several weeks ago for friends who each had one of two distinct sets of wishes. Some wanted to live more self-sufficiently, more simply; and others were already doing so and wanted to do more. I realized some time ago that most of the people I know fall into one camp or the other.
These good folks belong to a growing exodus; an exodus from the maddening and depleting hamster wheel that many of us have come to accept as the only way of being.
Somewhere along the way, success became defined with the idea of “working hard” and reaping the benefits of that hard work when we are almost too aged to enjoy it. This way of being demands frustratingly small amounts of time with our loved ones and missing precious experiences with our children. It eats our health. It feasts on our mental and spiritual wellness.
And so, many people in my community are throwing up their hands and throwing their backs into new ways of thriving.
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https://medium.com/@usha-dhar/5-signs-that-its-time-to-weave-ancestral-beauty-into-your-life-bbf36d547ab8?sk=9b184a1c39a1a2e0af09bb0dfa4d8981