That sounds like a wonderful book. You’ve mentioned it a couple of times now.
I am reading the 40 year in-the-making sequel to Canticle for Leibowitz. It has small gems of Catholic theology within it and one chapter deals with the main characters resistance to being “poor.” He’s a monk so he has already taken vows which include poverty.
He is shown that even his poverty is a form of riches because he holds that vow as a form of pride and a reference to self.
“The secret to happiness is the loss of self, the forgetting of self.”
Hard isn’t it?
It is an amazing book. It all started with us changing our homeschool program. I was finally able to let go of stuff. Once I started I couldn’t stop. I’m trying to wrap my mind around getting rid of stuff because it is good for me and not just because I’m lazy and don’t want to manage it anymore. :0)