McCartney and Lennon once wrote, "All you need is love..." So it got to me thinking as we go into the new year, what is it that is all that I need? A number of years ago I saw an article in my local paper about people who were downsizing their homes, living in prefab, 400 square foot homes that, from the outside, looked like nothing more than a kids play house, but these were fully functional, but small houses. It made me contemplate the practicality of that for a while. That’s when I first started thinking about what it is that I really need?
I took a brief vacation by myself back in May and hung out at a friend’s house in the NC mountains. Every day I got up and went fishing, wading in streams, or standing on the banks of a nearby lake, and I thought then, this is all I really need. The only thing missing was my wife, and of course my kids for occasional visits, but when I got down to the very basics, I needed very little. I needed shelter, food – I didn’t cook anything elaborate, rather I ate sandwiches and heated some soup – and a fishing pole and some water in which to fish. Throw in a book or two and the company of my wife, and I’ll be set for life. So I ask, what do you need?
Dickens
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