A Life of Simplicity

About the Book

A Life of Simplicity is more than an autobiography. The author, Thomas Conlan, first put pen to paper in his eighty-third year to recount his journey through life for the benefit of future generations, the ones not yet born. Having lived and experienced the turbulence of the twentieth century he still holds firm to the fact that life is always new and good. He trusts that the simplicity of its message might help bring clarity to anyone needing to know why we are here on this earth.

Reading through its pages is a refreshing interlude between the growing urgencies pressing upon us in these current times of consumerism. The book's gentle pace and naturalness helps us to reconnect with our true nature, with the wonder of love in existence and it shows us how being simple is being fulfilled.

About the Author

Thomas Conlan was born on December 17th 1917 in Kildooras, Co. Clare. He was the third youngest in a family of nine and at the age of three, by his own choosing, he went to live with his childless aunt and uncle. In the surroundings of this small farmstead he enjoyed the simplicity of his childhood years in close contact with nature. At the age of fourteen the responsibility of the farm was suddenly thrust upon him after the unexpected death of his uncle, and this became the deciding moment of his life journey. He has never left this place where later his five children were naturally born to Nora, his wife.

Thomas has a rare gift of insight, although he would not claim to be anyone special. Yet it soon becomes apparent in his book that he is not just recalling his path, rather he is showing the way, and in particular to the ones not yet born.