Reply #23: You're living well, quaker bill ...

[gleaner]

Not everyone has the same leading. This is yours. You are living in good accord with Quaker principles. You are doing good work for many people and for your family. There is not a thing wrong with what you are doing. We all see things differently, and that is not a bad thing. The more diversity we experience the more we learn and grow. That can only be an improvement.

A lot of Quakers live minimally because they are seeking humility and simplicity the best way that they can. I had friends during Viet Nam who held back a portion of their taxes every year. Every year the IRS would confiscate their car and sell it. They always picked and drove older cars because they didn't earn much. They were college students and just beginning.

When I mentioned this to my manager in passing when I first went to work for IRS it was "whisk" into her office and the third degree.;) I got whacked with the Code of Conduct which was draconian and told never to mention that I knew people who did this again. I wouldn't promise them that. My friends/Friends didn't concern them. So we coexisted the manager and I. I did my work and she did hers and over time we became friends. Sometimes it works that way. Other times it doesn't in which case my job dilemma would have been solved instantly.;)