Oh how I wish I could've been born with that mindset! I'm confident that I can "get there" though. What an upside down world we live in. From what I've read even the serfs of the Middle Ages had a more relaxed lifestyle than the average person does today. Many people probably lived a more balanced life before the Industrial Revolution, despite many thinking the opposite.

You were very smart to homeschool your kids! I would have chosen that route if I had children. American public schools, at least in the larger cities, aren't places conducive to learning. As a matter of fact, many of them are dangerous places.