{"id":1390,"date":"2015-11-05T03:31:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T03:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isibindi.co.za\/\/blog\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2023-01-20T10:21:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T08:21:57","slug":"do-more-have-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isibindifoundation.org\/2015\/11\/05\/do-more-have-less\/","title":{"rendered":"Do more, have less"},"content":{"rendered":"
“Do more, have less” is the title of one of the Instagram accounts I follow. It always makes me smile to read this simple line. The most memorable experiences in life are often about things we do, not things we acquire. Maybe it’s a ‘second half of life’ thing, but more and more of my friends and colleagues are embracing this philosophy. A friend said to me just last night “If I think of all the money I spent on the latest pair of jeans – and what I could do with that money now – oi!” That desire to acquire the latest brand everything often has to do with social status and whether others think we are worthy of approval or have ‘made it in life’. It is perhaps when we become more secure that we can let go of these needs (or when we realise that the search for approval from others on the basis of our possessions is a bottomless pit of need). Franciscan Richard Rohr says as you become more secure you learn to “love the things you have, not have to have the things you love.”<\/p>\n
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