Find the essentials, in the highest quality and keep them in small numbers.

This principle works at all scales because of the law of the universe. It applies to work, relationships and even relationship with oneself.

All that happens on Earth is a gift economy.
Those who take for themselves and feed their rapacious lust for more at the expense of others will be toppled by the forces of morality of those they subjugate.
A hungry mob is an angry mob.
We see this in the animal, as well as human kingdoms.
The inner animals as well as external. Feed the mob a healthy diet, or be eaten.

Income, if you're an ethical person, is a measure of how much you give, not how much you take.
Earning is giving: a reflection of the value of your offering.
Spending is taking: harvesting and consuming the surplus of your work.
Be ethical. Be generous. Be thrifty and enjoy life.

Earn more than is needed, for all. Give more than you take.
Coax forth from Nature an intelligent surplus, a lean surplus, and share.
Let that surplus replenish the soil, the psyche and the well of the commons.
With that surplus help others, and in the helping be helped yourself.

Tidy more than you mess.
The ritual of straightening and returning to place calls you.
Answer with an offering. They like the subtle order.
They are watching in anticipation to see that you are aware.

Get rid of more than you accumulate.
Pack light for the long journey.
Find the essentials, in the highest quality,
Keep them in small numbers and maintain them well.
This goes for people as well as things.
Keep your circle small, but your periphery wide.

Practice deep focus, and awareness of the broadest view.

Friendship is an opportunity for giving.
Every interaction. Give more than you take.
Be well resourced, and help those you love.
Be generous with your fridge and your couch.
Be generous to the friends of your friends.
Gather well, and be gregarious. Be generous in banter.
Hold court and make offerings that delight and nourish.

Give yourself to contemplation and silence more than consumption.
Invest your mind in ritual rather than habit.
Move your body with intention more than you lean and sit.
Focus on what you can give to the source, rather than what you can get.

Life will thank you with gifts in return.

Earn > spend
Tidy > mess
Give > keep
Produce > consume
Move > sit
Ritual > habit
Listen > talk