Living A Simpler Life

 

Living A Simpler Life

The simpler your life,

the happier you will be.

Not because life becomes easier,

but because less stands between you

and the miracle of being alive.

When the mind is free of clutter,

the heart remembers its own rhythm.

When there is space in the day,

peace has somewhere to rest.

We spend years gathering things,

until our days grow crowded

and our souls grow tired.

Then one morning we discover

that peace was never lost.

It was waiting beneath the weight

of all we carried.

To live simply is not to live less.

It is to return to what matters.

And perhaps happiness is simply arriving fully where you are,

carrying only what is needed,

and finding that what remains

is simply enough.

~ 'Living A Simpler Life' by Spirit of a Hippie

~Mary Anne Byrne

~ Art by Faithful Grace