We are always getting ourselves involved
in so many situations during our daily lives and making them so complicated
that we almost don’t know how to handle something very simple! If it appears easy or simple, we tend to
think that it can’t possibly be solved that way: “It’s too simple!”
However, if we stop and think for just a
moment, we find out that it is often the simple things that give us the most
pleasure and enjoyment. Yet, these are
the very things that we want to shy away from because we don’t want them to make
us look: simple!
Take this comment as an example: A friend
of mine once told me that he sat in his rocking chair on the front porch of his
home and watched as his dog was chasing his tail. My friend couldn’t believe that for 10
minutes that dog was simply fascinated by continually going in a circle trying
to catch his tail. Then my friend
realized that for 10 minutes he had been fascinated sitting there in his
chair watching his dog chase his tail!
We’ve all done it! Haven’t you enjoyed watching kittens play
with a ball of yarn or with some other item.
The way they find the simplest of things that will entertain them for a
long time. And yet we enjoy simply
sitting there and watching them do it. I
have often enjoyed sitting on the porch while the rain is gently falling in the
yard. The hypnotic sounds that are made
when it hits the porch or something that is in the yard. The fresh smell in the air that is generated
when the lightning strikes across the sky.
Or maybe you are one who likes to sit comfortably on your couch or
favorite chair and watch the fire crackle in the fireplace. The soothing feeling you get by such simple
acts relaxes your mind and eases your worries about all the activities that
have taken place during the day.
If
we would take the time, we would see that it is the simple things in
life that bring us joy. Myself I enjoy simply being with my wife and doing
nothing, but being together. I think
most of us would acknowledge that we are often our worse enemies about making
our lives complicated. Then when a major
disaster occurs in our life, we often come to that realization too late to find
the time to really enjoy it. We will
never be able to “go back” and do things over.
Our lives do not have a “reset” button where time lost can be
regained. We must choose to enjoy those
moments as we live them. One of our
largest obstacles is the fact that we’re only human!
QUOTE TO CONSIDER
THOUGHTFUL GEM
"Keeping things simple is
generally the key to happiness."
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