Distraction is what minimalism is about.
Not being able to decide what shoes to wear because you have so many from which to choose.
Not being able to decide which social forum to go to first. Or next.
Not being able to do what’s most important because what feels most urgent gets in the way.
Minimalists get rid of the distractions so as to be able to focus on the important.
That’s it.
TTYL,
Linda
Click the picture to enlarge it.
I think that looks like a half moon.
Does it look like that to you?
It’s not.
It’s a full moon.
Halfway through a lunar eclipse.
Which is a good example of what we think we see is influenced by what we already know–that which is familiar to us.
And that happens with more than just the moon.
TTYL,
Linda
…having everything you want.
I have been everywhere I wanted to go.
I have done everything I wanted to do.
I already own everything I need.
No wonder I feel the happiest I have ever been in my life.
No more striving.
I am content.
TTYL,
Linda
“If I were you I would”…
…is a common phrase but it is never true.
The correct statement is “If you were me” because only if you were me would you do what I would do.
If I were you I would do what you would do.
TTYL,
Linda
I recently read a blog using the phrase “preaching to the choir” that asked if that was wasted effort since, hopefully, all the choir members are already believers.
I see it differently.
A good preacher will help me see something old in a new way.
We are all familiar with the phrase “an eye for an eye” which meaning people use to justify their own bad behavior. But, a preacher posited the idea that what it really means is that the punishment should not be worse than the crime.
I think there are lot of people in prison today who wish the people who put them there understood that principle.
TTYL.
Linda
