Simplifying your life does
not only mean cleaning out your cupboards, re-organising your store room or
getting rid of excess stuff. All most of us want, is a quiet life. By that I
don't mean you must not travel, be adventurous or have a busy life. I'm talking
about having a quiet, peaceful mind, a mind that is at ease with where you are
in life, that can handle whatever is thrown at you.
Decluttering our minds is
one of the most important aspects of living a simple, fulfilled life. If your
cupboards are neat and organised but your mind is still in a place of turmoil,
you won't feel any better. We all have problems that arise in our lives and
important decisions to make and problems are much easier to handle when we have
inner peace.
Inner peace is obtained by
taking a good look at what's going on in your life and deciding what is
important and dumping all the rest. By clearing out "unnecessary"
thoughts and problems, it leaves us space to deal with only that which is
necessary. We often fill our minds with all sorts of irrelevant things which
makes it impossible to see the big picture.
If you're contemplating
moving house, don't sweat the small stuff like, "where am I going to put
this in the new place" or "I won't have space for my desk and
computer" or "the new bathroom is so small". Life has a way of
working out those small issues and we are all actually very adaptable beings.
Once you've made a decision, just do what you have to do and the rest will fall
into place.
Inner peace also comes from
deciding which problems you can actually do something about and which you
cannot help with except by giving constant support, like a friend or a family
member that might be going through a difficult time. If the problem is of a
financial nature and you can help, that's fine. If not, let it go and know that
things happen as they must. To tell you the truth, you are not actually
responsible for the rest of the Universe, even your own adult child, but love
and support is something that we all have an abundance of and that's the best
we can do.
All problems and decisions
are the same - changing jobs, getting divorced, financial security, loss of a
loved one - look at the big picture, let go of what you can and move on. Regrets
and living in the past serves no purpose. All we have is now, tomorrow might
never come, so let's do the best with NOW that we can.
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