Finding meaning in simplicity.

In 1985 I worked in a backpacking/camping/adventure ministry with innercity kids out of Washington DC.
I lived in a simple canvas tent on a wood platform when we weren't backpacking. I had a cot. A little stool I'd made, a little woven vase I'd made, 2 books, a notebook and 2 pens. 3 pair of pants and 5 shirts. A hat, 2 bandanas, a swimsuit, a rain slicker. Hiking boots, slip on canvas shoes, 6 pair of good socks. And nature and all the activities we could do outside. It was simple and very meaningful. Not only for what we offered the innercity kids but I still keep up with all my old co-workers and have noticed all of us crave simplicity.