How do you know an idea is true?

That's a pretty big question, but I've found that the best way to know if an idea is worth exploring is to find out how long it's been around.

Because, as Mark Twain famously said, "There's no such thing as a new idea."

Sage wisdom usually comes in the form of a repetitive idea that respected spiritual and thought leaders have landed on independently over hundreds - even thousands - of years.

Today on the podcast, we welcome Suzanne Johnson, whose book Vital Simplicity pulls on the work of Charles Wagner - who authored The Simple Life in 1895.

Living simply as a means to internal fulfillment is a timeless truth - a conclusion that dates back as far as 600 BCE.

If that's not motivation to at least explore the principle of living with less...I don't know what is!

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Blocks 

by Suzanne Johnson

Child plays 

Hour after hour 

Stacking blocks 

Knocking down 

Holding wooden 

Cubes in his 

Tender hands 

He is 

Entertained 

Leave the 

Floor bare 

Except for 

These sturdy 

Pieces 

He finds his 

Way 

His interest is 

Held 

Add Legos 

To the mix 

And coloring 

Books 

Trains and trucks 

And why not 

Screens? 

He soon becomes 

Bored

Let his 

Amusement 

Be in the 

Simple things 

Let his 

Vision sharpen on 

One thing at a 

Time 

Cut through the 

Clutter 

And find 

Joy 

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