Simplify

Simplify your life.

Don’t waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant.

Don’t burden yourself with possessions.

Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have.

Don’t destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past.

Live in the present.

Simplify!

Henry David Thoreau

I’ll be spending today at home. Rest, declutter, read and relax are the words of the day. Potato soup and cornbread are the foods of the day. A backlog of podcasts are the sounds of the day. Warm pjs and fuzzy blankets are the textures of the day.

All these things will weave together to create the day I need. We may get some snow tomorrow so I have some storm prep to do in case the electricity goes. This is a worry when you live in wooded rural America.

But I won’t worry today. I’ll relish in the simplicity of my day. I hope you relish in yours as well.

Richest

“The man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.“

Henry David Thoreau

Every Morning

“Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with nature herself.”

-Henry David Thoreau.

Live And Breathe

Ash Cave, Hocking Hills State Park in Ohio.

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”

Henry David Thoreau