“Simple living is not trouble free. Simplicity offers no permanent protection against adversity, but it will help you to deal with ill fortune more calmly and sensibly, while giving you the foresight to head off unnecessary setbacks. By establishing reasonable expectations and responsible habits you will no longer be a ready candidate for victimization. You will anticipate ups and downs, but you will not be down for long.
The only sure things in life, we’re told, are death and taxes, but they are the things we worry least about. Only about one American in four frets about dying, but two-thirds of us worry about ending our days in a nursing home because of physical frailty or long-term illness. Worry is the greatest enemy of a satisfied life, followed by lack of preparation for inevitable setbacks. By simplifying your life, you will have less to worry about – not because there is less to your life (there will be much more ) – but because you will have refined your expectations and established your priorities. Instead of waiting for tragedies to strike, you will live confidently counting your blessings. You will be a problem solver rather than a victim.
Machines make our lives more comfortable, but they don’t have the gift of being simple and are prone to break down. Nor is human nature simple, so we suffer its contradictions. Simple living nourishes the soul and restores it to its rightful owner: you.”
From David Yount’s book, “Spiritual Simplicity” Pages 85-86
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Juan, Thank you very much.
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A wonderful post and cheers to Simplicity. I whole heartedly agree, Edward. So many lessons and truth in your words “By establishing reasonable expectations and responsible habits you will no longer be a ready candidate for victimization. ” Could one of these machines that break down be Word Press? Funny, not funny😹🤗❤️
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Thank you Cindy and I think it was WordPress. 🤣
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You’re so welcome and very funny❣️🤪
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Thanks for a thought-provoking post. It’s true simplicity doesn’t guarantee we won’t have setbacks. I like your take on this about being prepared. Gives me food for thought.
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Appreciate your comments and glad that my post was informative.
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As a (former) Market Planning Manager, I came to admire some of the pessimists that I worked with, for their worry helped me to do the contingency planning. Yet I’ve never given much thought to preparing for the setbacks in my personal life.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this issue.
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Preparing for setbacks is something that we’re all need to work on. We are all humans so they are coming and we need to be mentally prepared for them. Thank you for reading and for sharing your thoughts.
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Some extremely sound advice here. Thanks for posting, Edward!
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Thank you for joining and commenting.
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A problem solver instead of a victim – what a great way to refocus. Thanks, Edward!
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Absolutely. We tend to linger on problems until they overcome us. Instead, like you said, we should refocus and find the solution to the problem or at least ask for help. Thank you for your comment.
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Wise words. “By establishing reasonable expectations and responsible habits you will no longer be a ready candidate for victimization. You will anticipate ups and downs, but you will not be down for long.” My expectations become more reasonable as time goes on. The responsible habits is the difficult part for me.😅
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Yes. I think we are all works in progress.
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A great power-packed post. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for reading and commenting.
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