Simplify

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify. Simplify. Henry David Thoreau

Read this the other day and found something inside me yelling, “No, don’t fritter away!” But then the more it sunk in the more that same voice was yelling in agreement, “Yes! Simplify, simplify!”

Simplify cannot just mean subtract things from your life that take up lots of time. In this season of my life that would probably seem like pretty much everything!

However I do feel inspired to ask God what kind of simplify can work well in my life, what can be beneficial to the important relationships in my life, my own heart and soul and mind, and what can help give Him more space as well. Is it a simplifying of media I allow into my day? Is it a simplifying of the social interactions I try to fit in during the work week? Is it a simplifying of responsibilities? Is it a simplifying of everything I'm trying to cram into my brain at once?

I'm sure that simplifying also means learning the wisdom of when to say no, even to good things.

Lord, teach me Your way.... 

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