Simple Living

Lots happened while I was having a break from blogging. The biggest thing was definitely a loss in my family late last year. My father passed away. It changed something fundamental in my mind.  It was an opportunity to think about a life again. I thought about all the things around me, love, friends, family, laughter and fun. Life is too short… I really think so. Thinking back what I have been doing in the last six months, I was always planning on what’s in the future. Planning on what to do on the weekend, who to call this week, what to eat for lunch today… Planning itself is fun for me because it gives me a time to be creative and dream about the future. But I now think I’ve been forgetting to enjoy the ‘real’, current moment. For an example, I would like to be rich one day so I dream of being surrounded by nice new furnitures etc. Recently, I bought a set of plastic cups for my ten month old son. They are very cheap cups that wouldn’t fit in my dream ‘rich life’, but I somehow enjoyed using those plastic cups more than my fancy glasses to drink some water. It reminded me a movie that I watched years ago. It showed a simple life of a happy family. They weren’t rich or anything, just normal family like mine but I really liked the way they lived. They wake up and go for a walk in the morning, eating simple but healthy meals, talk to each other a lot to communicate and care for each other, everyone makes effort to be on time for family dinner every night. They enjoy lots of love and laughs around them. I think that’s the way of life I like to have, a happy life beats a rich life.

So, I decided to pay more attention to ‘now’ moments to enjoy more of them. I am pretty happy at the moment by having a simple life. Hopefully it continues for a long time.