Simplicity

What if life was more simple than we make it out to be?

Husband and I were talking this morning over coffee. We start our day walking the Gia FurButt The-WonderDog-Extraordinaire (she added that last word… no self-esteem issues there!) and then settling in for a quiet breakfast. He reads the paper, I the latest spiritual book. I also write lists and journal. Most often, we share ponderings about the latest local happenings (that’s him) and the deep existential angst of being human (aaaand that’s me.) We meet somewhere in all of it.

This morning, we found ourselves at the same street corner of “what the hell is going on in the world and maybe it’s a whole lot more simple than we’re making it!” Shaking his head, Husband wondered if all these latest rules and regs are truly necessary… and I, shaking my fist, wondered if all this info is where I find God.

We’ve concluded a solid NO to both queries… for the love of God, let people grow flowers on the other side of the sidewalk (seriously!) and do what you can to live in Peace in your own heart, for the love of people, who are God – and you’ll find them planting flowers all sortsa places, even on the forbidden other side of the walkway. God is there, God is here, God is them, God is me and you.

Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don’t expect too much, enjoy what you have.

Dean Koontz (Husband’s favorite author)

Newspaper recycled, books closed, coffee cups emptied… we sighed, gave thanks for our simple life, sometimes busy, often loud, usually expensive with FiveBeautifulSouls, but always an adventure, unpredictable, full of hugs, disagreements, laughter, and food.

Speaking of simple and food… picked up this potato and onion holder at a garage sale last weekend. Have wanted one for years and happened upon it at an estate sale – five bucks! – and it looks great in the corner of the sunroom. Reminds me of “the old days” when Nana kept the veggies in the cellar.

And it was okay to plant flowers past the sidewalk and the search for God was a less complicated quest…

Simpler. Perhaps.

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Here is a short practice that you can do right now to cultivate intentional mind-body connection for the purpose of SIMPLICITY:

Leave the phone in the car or in the house… head outside, sit in the grass or the sand. Shoes off and toes wiggled deeply into Mother Earth. Become aware of your breath. In through the nose, out through the mouth. Just recognize this amazing practice of breathing. Slow down your breath. Four counts in, hold for seven counts, eight counts release, feel your shoulders relax, your spine straighten, your belly soften. Stay here, doing this most simple – SIMPLE – exercise for at least a half hour. Enjoy this now moment. As Ram Dass says, BE HERE NOW. Maybe even lie back, cloud-ponder, bring arms out to sides, making “snow angels” sans the snow… remember being a kid? Go there. Bring that simplicity back with you… and believe that one complicated aspect of your life is unwinding itself, straightening out, softening up… and now, as we close, breathe in Peace and breathe out Gratitude. Simplicity brings ease… enjoy.

Edgy, joyful, pondering…

Lisa

Modern Mystic & Life Coach

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