Simple Life

Many stressed out folks are looking for a different way to live. Some try to jump right in and change everything at once, some take their time and add a few simple steps to their daily walk and find themselves ready to take on another aspect of the road less travelled. But as long as you are trying to keep up with someone elses style of life, without having your own journey to simplicity, the walk to simplicity will never be yours, it will never be the right fit. It will not work right. We are all made differently, we don't have the same needs, desires, talents, and journey through life. Naturally there are some tried and true aspects of simple living that work for most people. It keeps you from buying things you think you need in order to live the simple life. Its about finding your own place of being real. Its about living with what you need and not all the stuff you think you want or having the things that make you feel good for a moment in your personal history. Its about learning to find joy in nature, in the breaths you take, in the smile of a passerby. It's about not having to have more than you need.
People, relationships and connections to others is what life is about and in knowing that, we want to pursue a lifestyle that allows us to care and nurture those relationships. Its a higher calling shall we say, than chasing after the material world. Simple living is about conviction. It's not just something to shoot for and hope it makes you feel better. Its about knowing yourself and knowing what will really matter in the end. Its about having time, free from demands that lead you no where. When you finally find who you are, whats real then you make changes that will stick with you. No need to keep changing how you do things. The heart and the soul will be your guide as you walk towards a simple life.

Life is simple, just that we make it complicated.