I am grateful for what I call well-spent moments: Making a tuna fish sandwich with the works. Taking at least a half hour to eat it outside. Ironing my vintage tea towels while watching old black-and-white film noir movies and sipping one martini with extra olives - a quirky combination, but it works.

Stressed souls need the reassuring rhythm of self-nurturing rituals.

Lavish love on every living being you meet. See how different you feel at the end of the day.

you already possess all you need to be genuinely happy.

Not having money to spend doesn’t mean we can’t have well-spent moments every day. (42)

As we become curators of our own contentment on the Simple Abundance path... we learn to savor the small with a grateful heart.

Conscious choice is creative. Unconscious choice is destructive. That is how we end up living other people's lives.