"Live Simply so others can Simply Live"

"live simply so others can simply live"
I first came across this phrase in an Intensive I completed with Tom & Christine Sine. Tom is the author of many books...most recent being 'The New Conspirators'. I encourage you to read it if you get the chance. This phrase and the reality of it really challenged me...and I began to see in a fresh way that the more we accumulate and consume, the less others have opportunity to live life well. I began to think...do we really need two houses? Do we really need to live like our parents? Do we really need to have the latest and greatest 'toys'? Do we really need to have one house per family? Imagine if we were to re-think and re-imagine a life that was more simple...a more 'back to basics' life...would this look more like the Kingdom of God? Perhaps we need to re-imagine new ways to live that include changes to housing dreams, house locations and vocations. I wonder if by re-defining what it actually means to live well if we can actually help others live well?