Are you willing to keep it simple?

Have the discipline to keep life simple before it becomes complicated, and all you want is for it to be simple again.

We have all been taught that we have to make life more complicated and flashy for it to be meaningful. This seems to involve achieving status roles, looking a certain way, having more stuff, and earning stuff to be happy in the future.

Yet, we make our lives too complicated and then try to pay to make them simpler. We pay to unplug from work and reconnect with ourselves, to spend time in nature and sunlight, to create life-giving relationships, and to take care of our bodies through exercise, healthy food, and good sleep. These are all things we can do on our own. Letting life become complicated and stressful is the easy thing to do, and allowing life to stay ease-filled and straightforward feels like the stressful thing to do these days.

Luckily, we can use our commitment and creativity to author a new way. We can let go of looking perfect so we can enjoy what is real.

What simple thing could you do today that you've been making complicated?