Learning Activities

Conversation encouragers 1

Directions:  As you’re reading Sustaining Simplicity, use this list of conversation starters to encourage people to move toward simple living, or to find deep pleasure in living manageable lives.  Add to the list and enjoy even more endorphins!

1.  Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die!
2.  Things—the ways I’m living now—aren’t working out very well for me.
3.  Generosity is its own reward.
4.   Traveling is easier with a light backpack.
5.   Look at the birds in the sky!  Look at the flowers in the field!
6.   Don’t worry about tomorrow; it will take care of itself.
7.  You have enough to worry about today.
8.  Your heart will always be where your treasure is.
9.   How do you want to be remembered by others?
10. Count your blessings, then count your assets, then make something out of both!
11. Use what you have to do what God wants done0.
12. Godliness with contentment is great gain.
13. I don’t deserve anything; that’s why my life is evidence of God’s grace.
14. Why let stuff get in the way of worshipping the God who made it?
15. Slowing down allows you to enjoy what you missed while speeding.
16. If you can manage your life, you can sustain it.
17. Pleasing relationships take time.
18. You can’t make yourself taller by worrying.
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