Simply?

16/9/2015

Nothing is simple really!

But sometimes we create complexity where there is no real need.

I often forget what is supposed to be my mantra here -

'Is there a simpler way to do this?'

Half way down the path to the beach - a new place to sit and think....

15 Comments

ChompyChipmunk

16/9/2015 09:32:46 pm

I feel like I can relate to the chair these days: being led down a garden path and dumped halfway. It is beyond stressful, unfortunately.

Freda

17/9/2015 02:42:43 pm

I'm sorry you are feeling under such stress and hope you will feel better soon.

PennyL

16/9/2015 11:13:55 pm

That is such a lovely photo , and a lovely place to sit and think. Also, a lovely place to avoid the news, and realise that feeling so awful about things out of our control does not not aid the universe one iota. The important things reach you anyway!

Freda

17/9/2015 02:43:48 pm

I will do just that Penny - and a good point about the important things reaching you anyway!

cath

17/9/2015 01:54:11 am

I have decided to find myself a home in the mountains, somewhere high up where one learns to live peacefully in the cold and the silence. It’s said that in such a place certain revelations may be discovered. That what the spirit reaches for may be eventually felt, if not exactly understood. Slowly, no doubt. I’m not talking about a vacation.

Of course, at the same time I mean to stay exactly where I am.

Are you following me?

"I Have Decided" by Mary Oliver. Text as published in A Thousand Mornings: Poems (Penguin Press, 2012).

julia

17/9/2015 07:12:12 am

here is a quote that says what i think you might mean cath,
peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart. (unknown)
although a cave in the himalayas might be nice....:-)

julia

17/9/2015 07:17:02 am

ps...your chair looks like the perfect place to meditate on the gloriousness of the natural world.....

cath

17/9/2015 07:38:26 am

Thank you Julia. That quote is so right.
I also meant to illustrate that in my imagination I can be anywhere, even simply sitting on Freda's new halfway chair.

I also should have made it more clear/visible that my whole comment was a quote, this beautiful poem by Mary Oliver.

PennyL

17/9/2015 08:44:28 am

What a brilliant quote, so apt. Thank you Julia., and sometimes a cave would be the answer to everything!!

Freda

17/9/2015 02:46:31 pm

Calm in your heart sounds worth seeking....

Freda

17/9/2015 02:45:42 pm

I have only in the last year or two found Mary Oliver's poetry through a gift from a friend and I love it and will seek out this one. Thank you Cath.

Sarah link

17/9/2015 10:54:56 am

You are so right it is too easy to complicate things. I sure those fantastic surroundings will inspire simple thoughts and living. Sarah x

Freda

17/9/2015 02:47:52 pm

I will treat these surroundings as a mini-retreat I think Sarah. x

Lucille link

17/9/2015 12:32:25 pm

I have had an exercise in remembering to do things more simply with a large construction design at home. Every time I took away something, it got stronger. Your chair looks like the perfect place to stare and think.

Freda

17/9/2015 02:49:47 pm

'Every time I took something away it got stronger.' Food for thought there Lucille. Thank you.

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