the simple things

Why do we go around making things so complicated? When it comes right down to it, life is pretty simple. But because of our human nature, we complicate everything and wrap it all up in mists of confusion to such an extent that we don't even know how it should be anymore.

Here's an example of how we have complicated things, and how we can keep it simple. (Completely hypothetical situation by the way; I'm not telling anybody's story, especially yours!)
Lets say that you are embarrassed about something, and so you tell a small little lie to keep people from finding out about it. Not to big a deal right? Or so you think. As time passes, you end up needing to formulate new lies, or to warp the truth to protect your original lie. It's like peeling an onion in reverse: adding layer upon layer upon layer. And then what inevitably happens? Somebody smells that funky onion smell and hits the play button. Now instead of going in reverse, it's going forward and the lies are peeled away one by one, hurting people's feelings. Now you are so wrapped up in the yarns you told you don't know who knows what, people are mad at you, and it all just becomes a tangled mess. Now its like trying to peel a ball of yarn like that onion. It just does not go well!

How could it have been avoided? Well the answer seems simple now from this perspective: tell the truth from the start! And yet how often do we find ourselves caught in that trap?

Life can be pretty easy/simple if you let it. (That doesn't mean lazy though! Challenges always happen) Here all it would have taken was to have a little bit of integrity.
That integrity would go a long way! First of all, it would have made you tell the truth from the start, right? Then no more lies would have been told, peoples feelings wouldn't have been hurt, and life could have continued pretty much as before. But even better, with integrity, you probably won't do anything that incredibly embarrassing that you would lie to cover it up! You would be comfortable with your decisions. Here's a good guide to use to check your integrity: what would Peter's mom think if she knew?

I love my mom, and I'm grateful for her appreciation for the simple things, and the little things she does. She even reads my blog, which may not seem like a big thing really, but it means a lot to me that she wants to take an interest in my life.

So ask yourself, "what would Peter's mom do?" and remember to KISS

K.eep I.t S.imple S.illy!