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Friday, February 25, 2011

Frugality

What does it mean to be frugal? To some it is a word that comes to remind of difficult economic times as the dictionary meaning denotes a prudency to spend. But to me it simply takes me back to the "simple times" where life was simple and we didn't turn many "wants" into "needs!" When I think of frugality, I think of the Native American Indians and their simple-yet beautiful way of life: earth, fire and wind! Or the life of third world farmers where the very source of food takes on an entirely different meaning.

1 comment:

Jyotirmoy Saikia (জ্যোতিৰ্ময় শইকীয়া) said...

Thanks for opening my eyes on the difference between "wants" and "needs". I always thought that they are one and the same. How wrong I was! I always mistook my "wants" to be my "needs".