Inviting the Quiet

My email and FaceBook feeds are inundated with messages trying to entice me to learn, buy, join, or stand for or against something. It is ultra-annoying and I am spending the morning unsubscribing to most everybody that is doing this. So now I am looking at my own business. How can I help people on the internet without burying them in sale-sy messages? I HAVE to be better than this. There must be a way.

In my own life, I want to simplify. I love what Henry David Thoreau said:

"Our lives are frittered away by detail. Simplify! Simplify!"

I don't want my life to be frittered away. Today, I will relish being still and will invite quiet into my life.

How are you doing this in your life?

Luke 5:16 - But Jesus often slipped away from them and went into the wilderness to pray.

Simply Living

I had one of these! Mine was
yellow. '57 T-Bird!!!

I am NOT a multi-tasker. I cannot excel at anything if I am doing 10 things at once. At least that's what I thought until...

Today I was thinking about how I just love to drive. Yet it is multi-tasking at its finest, isn't it? Muscle memory kicks in as we accelerate, brake, check the mirrors, watch for lights and signs, stay aware, listen to music, watch the speedometer, talk to a passenger,  shift, stay awake...etc.

My brain has long combined all this into one task called "driving," and I do awesome at that.

So, how can we do this with life? Can we combine all the parts - physical, emotional, spiritual, work, family, relationships, responsibilities, health, etc. into just one simple, enjoyable thing called "living?" Just plain, wonderful, "living?"

I just simplified your world. You're welcome!

"Our lives are frittered away by detail. Simplify! Simplify!" Henry David Thoreau