We are the leaders that we have been waiting for. We are the social innovators and entrepreneurs that we have been seeking.

Living simply is not about living in poverty or self-inflicted deprivation. It's about living an examined life where one has determined what is truly important and enough … and then just let go of all the rest.

Simplicity of living, if deliberately chosen, implies a compassionate approach to life. It means that we are choosing to live our daily lives with some degree of conscious appreciation of the condition of the rest of the world.

Simplicity means to feel such a sense of kinship with others that we choose to live simply so that others may simply live.

An elegant simplicity is an understated, organic aesthetic that contrasts with the excess of consumerist lifestyles. Drawing from influences ranging from Zen to the Quakers, it celebrates natural materials and clean, functional expressions, such as are found in many of the hand-made arts and crafts from this community.

We are the leaders that we have been waiting for. We are the social innovators and entrepreneurs that we have been seeking.

It seems to me that inner growth is the whole moving force behind voluntary simplicity.