Do the Best You Can in the Place You Are

I just came across this link to a 2 minute audio recording of Helen Nearing who apparently was a pioneer in the art of living simply. Apparently she and her husband wrote the bookLiving the Good Life: How to Live Sanely & Simply in a Troubled World and the book which apparently sold an insane amount of copies. It appears that I am not alone in my quest for simplicity. The question is... do I need to go to the extremes of living solely off the land to live simply?

Anyway, the audio clip is interesting as it talks about the concept of doing no harm....don't see myself apologizing to a radish before I eat it but an interesting concept nonetheless. You can see the link here http://www.soundstrue.com/weeklywisdom/WW101210/index.php?utm_source=soundstrue&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weeklywisdom-101210 on the Sounds True site.

I shall buy the books and see if there is any wisdom in there for my 2011 quest. In the meantime, I need to go and ask a salad and some fish if I can eat them for dinner.