The Art of Zen Living

Trent over at The Simple Dollar recently posted about Starting a Natural Collection.  It’s a fascinating post, the idea being to collect for personal enjoyment things that are found free in nature.  It got me thinking.

I like rocks.  I really enjoy interesting rocks.  For me, a rock connects me in a very real way to a place I’ve been.  I have a rock in my office from the parking lot of a job I had in Las Vegas.  I have fond memories of the job and the people, and while I have given away many, many other keepsakes from there, the simple rock is harder to let go of.  I can’t explain it.

Rocks, on the other hand, will quickly become very heavy to haul around - even small ones.  My preference is not for small rocks, either, but for hand sized and larger.

Collections also go against the grain of living simply - even if it’s a simple collection of simple items.  So while I found the article and ideas interesting, something had to change if I was going to be able to participate in collecting anything.

Then I had an idea:

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