Jul 16 2009
Looking for the Simpler Life
After completing “Is Man Meant for Urban Living?”and “Is Man Meant for Urban Living? (Part 2)“, I have started to stock of my own life. Currently, I live in a suburb just outside of Detroit and have a job that, for the most part, I enjoy. Saying that, I keep feeling that there is more that I could do by simplifying my life.
I am one of those who, although grew up in a housing plan, spent a lot of time in rural Western Pennsylvania since where we lived bordered on farm county. Although I could not become a farmer by trade (and definitely not raise animals for food), I would love to find a plot of land somewhere and do enough growing to not have to buy the overpriced stuff at the supermarket.
Where to do it, it another thing all together. Due to finding a parish that I finally feel comfortable in due to its orthodox Catholic Teaching and reverent Mass, I would prefer to stay in this area. Another reason to stay in the area is that the priests that run the Confraternity of the Holy Guardian Angels are also stationed at my parish and one of them is my regular confessor.
What I will be looking for is about 10 to 20 acres that far enough out that I would have my privacy but close enough to where I work and my parish.
