Simplicity

I feel as though in our modern world that it is almost impossible to be simple. Even while I was designing this blog I chose the "simple" template, but it was anything but. It seemed as though I had to pick a different color for every inch of screen and there were so many options for word fonts and page layouts that I felt overwhelmed and avoided working on my blog for days until I had a vague inclination I had a few ideas of what I wanted. I'm not saying that having a myriad of options is a bad thing. I'm happy I could make my blog (thoug I'm probably the only viewer of it) look how I wanted it to. But sometimes I feel as though many options can complicate things that were never meant to be complicated. What's wrong with just putting words on a page without a specific font, color or layout? It would accomplish the same thing I'm accomplishing right now; my thoughts are in written form and somewhere else besides my brain. We get so caught up in options and being "original" that we forget the simple purposes and motivations for our actions. At a wedding, everyone becomes so distracted by the wedding colors, the food, the cake, the dress, the decorations, the cost, who can bring the most expensive gift, we forget the most important thing is that two people have chosen to love someone else for as long as they exist. It's as simple as that. Wedding colors and decorations are nice and beautiful but not really of that much importance. In our studies we become consumed with getting the best grade and gaining status in academia that we fail to remember the whole point of gaining an education is to broaden our knowledge and improve ourselves. When choosing a cell phone the important thing becomes what color it's going to be or how many new gadgets and settings it has, and we forget what a miracle it is we can contact almost any loved one in any place in the world with the touch of a finger; people are no longer so far away. Words are simple. Writing is simple. Meaning is simple. Purpose is simple. Questions are simple. Answers are simple. Love is simple. People are simple. Life is simple. Don't be like the rest of the world, so consumed with options and over-complicating a world that was meant to be beautifully simple in its creation. Remember your purpose, remember the simplicity of life and I promise it'll be easier to simply be happy in all that you do. I've learned that simplicity is the key to happiness. It's as simple as that :)