Simplify

Why as mothers do we find it more natural to overthink than to oversimplify?

The times I feel most overwhelmed is because I’ve forgotten to live by Confucis’s principle:

“Life is really simple but we insist on making it complicated.”

Possibly the only positive outcome of the pandemic was the stripped-down nature of our day-to-day lives and while now we are grateful for the richness and togetherness, we shouldn’t mistake busyness for purpose.  

Even writing now I want to provide detailed accounts of all the ways in which our to-do lists are too long and our plates are too full.

Instead, I’ll say

So much of what life can be whittled down to is finding your why and drawing everything back towards that singular goal.

Whether it’s love or family or faith challenge yourself to simplify.