Profit Free, Peter Maurin

Daily stories appear in the media about the urban growing phenomenon. Gardens are popping up all over the place, in backyards, rooftops and vacant lots. If I were back in my entrepreneur days I probably would be starting some green business, like manufacturing worm condos for home and community gardens. However, today I was glad to hear that a friend was interested in marketing and selling the model worm condo that Alex had made for me. Tomorrow, if all goes well, we will take delivery of it, get it ready to go and next week have it in production. When my friend, who will do the selling, mentioned personal financial gain for me in the sales I told him that the nonviolent worm was profit free. Any ideas you find on the G.R.A.F. site, Growing Renewable Affordable Food are free. After setting up the model worm condo I need to update the G.R.A.F. site and adjoining ones like on A.I.R. (Air Insulation Resource) system, glossary and others related to the GP home model.

Profit free is easy to be when you are blessed like I have been with past financial success in business and interest in living simply. I have no problem making money but am glad I do not have to do that these days. Not having to consistently make more money is convenient when sometimes one slides from profit to prophet, speaking from the heart with integrity. Being profit free you are free to say and do what you believe without worry about funding, employment or what others may say. The nonviolent worm is free from profit to try to be a prophet.

One of my favorite writers is Peter Maurin, the co-founder with Dorothy Day, of the Catholic Worker Movement. He just hung around the Catholic Worker saying deep things simply in what he called ‘easy essays’. Another Catholic Worker just sent me three easy essays of Peter Maurin that tomorrow I will put on the Dorothy Day quote page. They are simple but profound and apply today as they did in the 30’s when Peter wrote them. So the KISS principle, “keep it simple stupid,” really applies when you are profit free.

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