The simple things

Photo Todd Quackenbush

It’s the simple things really that matter.  When we get busy or stressed, we forget about them.  We forget how important it is to eat properly, get enough sleep, breath in that life giving fresh air, drink enough plain water.

In the busyness of preparing for a big event, say Christmas, a Confirmation Ceremony or a Wedding, we can forget that not attending to the basic simple things of life, we can become stressed and our immune system can become compromised.  We rush around madly trying to get everything done, perhaps living on coffee and sandwiches, staying up too late, letting go of our daily meditation practice, and letting our stress levels – and quite possibly our blood pressure too – get too high.

There is great wisdom is just doing the simple things.  Eating whole fresh organic locally grown food as far as possible.  Getting our full eight or nine hours sleep.  Going for our daily walk or swim.  Being aware of what presses our buttons and learning how to deal with that – responding rather than reacting.  And doing our spiritual practice, whatever that might be – a walk in nature, meditating morning and evening, or simply listening to music which transports us to another place.  

Rushing round doing stuff can come from our ego self while quietly attending to The Simple Things every day can help to keep us stress free, healthy and happy.