What Is Simplicity?
What is Simplicity?
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, a young woman went to seek the advice of a hermit living in a remote mountain cave. After the struggles of such a journey, much as told in other tales of this sort, she reached the cave. Kneeling down, the young woman asked her one question. “Oh, wise one, I have struggled long and hard. I am overwhelmed. There is too much to do. What can I do?”
The wise woman looked at the traveler and said, “You need to simplify your life.”
The young woman left, and obeying the laws of such a journey, waited one year before making the journey again. She knelt in front of the hermit. “Oh wise one, you told me last year that I need to simplify my life. Will you please tell me what simplicity is?”
The wise woman looked at the traveler and said, “Simplicity is what makes your life less complicated.”
The concept of simplicity is not difficult. Simplifying your life consists in making changes that make your life simpler. However, like any easy-to-grasp concept, application can be tough.
The modern world is one where we have many demands on us, with more creeping up every day. Our constant connectedness via technology, close proximity to other people, and the mythology that we can, in fact, have it all, contribute to a sense of overwhelming load. We multi-task, trying to get it all done, and watch in dismay as our to-do lists grow ever bigger.
Simplicity is taking steps to cut back on the things that are putting pressure on us. It is making changes in our priorities, our commitments, and possibly our ways of life.
Key Points
There are a few key points to remember about simplicity:
- What makes one person’s life simpler could make another’s life infinitely more complicated; therefore, there is no one solution for everyone
- There is no one how-to guide that will hand you the perfect simple life.
- Simplicity is a choice. No matter how difficult are lives are overall, there are places we can simplify. One person’s level of simplicity might be very different from another’s.
- Simplicity is an attitude. We can often simplify or complicate any situation or activity just by changing attitude.
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