Keeping It Simple



"Life is not complex.

We are complex.

Life is simple,

and the simple thing is the right thing."

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Irish Writer

 

 

 

Simple things can turn into long drawn out entanglements, by our own design.  We can continue to extrapolate situations caught up in attachments and false desires.  There is nothing wrong with abundance as long as we keep it simple.

 

When we tend to be financially strapped and are required to wait to buy or invest in something, we have a tendency to enjoy it more than when we are financially secure and impulsively purchase extravagant items we do not necessarily desire. 

 

Upon talking with a young man who worked full time while attending college, riding a bike to and from, and completing his education in five years, he still feels the sting of struggle.  Now, however, he is quite successful with a lucrative income.  He did mention that even though he had more money now, he felt  he just spent more, carrying his comfort zone into a higher unnecessary level. 

 

The same holds true with our thinking.  We may have a very basic thought, but ego will begin its self-talk, we begin to doubt our selves, and by padding our original thought with unnecessary chatter we get weighted down in a quagmire.

 

I considered having a friend over lunch, a really simple gesture.   Next I told my self that if I were going to have this person over, I should also include another person.  Then I imagined just having my whole group of friends over using china, goblets, silver, and cloth napkins.  Before I knew it, I was just exhausted thinking about this and decided to do nothing.

 

We have a tendency to over think and the original intent gets lost.  Company is coming so we decide to clean out the guest room.  The curtains could use washing, and then the walls need a little touch up, and maybe a new comforter with some fancy pillows. 

 

By deciding to either act or react, we can govern our intentions a little bit more efficiently.  When we react, we are not thinking in a well thought out process.  Kind of like a knee-jerk reaction that we may later regret.  Perhaps we take on too much or say too much.  When we decide to act upon an intention, we have usually given it consideration as to whether it is necessary or not.  We may find our selves scanning other options and inquiring of our selves honest commitment.

 

It helps to decide between need or want.  Do I really need something like another purse or am I just wanting it to fill some underlying need or acquiring something just because I can.  Listening to our inner dialogue, we can act rather than react.  The hardest part is paying attention to our own actions and mentoring our true desires.  Life is simple when refrain from making it complicated.