In Search of the Simple Life...

For quite some time Brad and I have been talking and thinking and dreaming and taking small steps to simplify our lives so that we can live sustainably (we have a long way to go)...the last two Sunday's at The Stirring we've been challenged to live simply so that we can love loud...and I keep hearing this song on Pandora. I think the theme is pretty clear...

When I get up in the morning, put the kettle on

Make us some coffee, say hey to the sun

Is it enough to write a song, and sing it to the birds

They'd hear just the tune, not understand my love for words

But you would hear me and know...

That I want to live this

I want to live

I want to live a simple life

I dreamed you first, but not so real

And every day since I found you, such moments we steal

Like little fields, we rub our hands

And hold our hearts between them

But will you hear me and know...

That I want to live this

I want to live

I want to live a simple life

Move on, move on, time is accelerating

Drive on, all night, traffic lights and one ways

Move on, move on parking violations waiting

Turn off the car, breathe the air, let's stay here

I'll kiss you awake, and we'll have time

To know our neighbors all by name, and every star at night

We'll weave our days together like waves, and particles of light

I want to live this

I want to live

I want to live a simple life

I want to live this

I want to live

I want to live a simple life

-The Weepies