“Complex things are easy to do. Simplicitys the real challenge.” ― Robert James Waller. Ah, Simplicity was the name of our old VW van during our first year of marriage. Sim was equipped with shelves, a small stove, a bed only newly weds could appreciate, a place to store buckets and the big kettle for heating shower water - and wooden bumpers. Instead of heading off to graduate school as I had planned, we took to the road, earning our living at the thoroughbred race tracks - living a dream, chasing a dream? Attempting to live simply in a complex world. Frankly, Im not so sure these days that I understand what simplicity really is. Even the dictionary definition in my huge dictionary on the stand goes on for row after row. I do like the one explanation that ends with - ....used to be considered a deficiency, but now considered a merit... And the equation of simplicity with humbleness. I can live with that.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:43:00 +0000