Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Living Plain...

I have been going to the flea market with Momster. Somehow, it never has any fleas for sale just lots of treasures waiting to be discovered....
So anyway, one of the things I bought was a used book, The Shunning, by Beverly Lewis. I thought it was a great book, about an Amish girl who finds out that she was adopted from the outside and the struggles she has with behaving the expected way. So, since I liked this book so much, I bought another by Beverly Lewis. I tend to do this with authors. I'll read one book that I like and then read anything I can get my hands on by that same author...
This book, The Redemption of Sarah Cain, has made me think about the thought of living Plain. Living Plain is where you essentially become Amish. They have decided to do without worldly goods, etc. I don't know the whole list of rules but the women cover their hair and wear long plainly covered dresses, etc. I don't think I want to become Amish but what would it be like to live and work in an Amish community for a couple of months. It sounds ideal to me in some ways because I think it would be less stressful. No TV blaring in the background. No bad hair days, no one calling your cell to find out where you are, no keeping up with the Joneses..... Just work hard and be appreciated for what you do instead of what you have and what you look like.........
What do you all think?

1 comment:

~B. said...

It sure does sound peaceful, huh? I think that I actually might be ok with it...but I would be single b/c I don't think that Bones could ever give up the Steelers, TV or ESPN. Do those Amish boys shower daily? Hmmmmm....LOL.