A Simpler Life Is Possible — If You Dare to Question Everything
OK, so my definition of a simple life may not be your definition.
When I say life can be simple, what I mean is that you get to create your life exactly the way you want it. Any idea — within you or external to you — that tries to tell you that you cannot have, do, or be what you choose to have, do, or be is to be questioned and discarded or replaced. Then, you simply take action in the direction of what you want until you get it, fully expecting to be supported in your quest by the unseen realm.
There you have it — a simple life.
A life lived deliberately. Or in more usual terms, a life lived mindfully.
Most people, however, think that a simple life means mindlessly or PASSIVELY settling for whatever life seems to throw at them. They don’t question it — they just accept that this is the way it is and there is nothing they can do about it. So why bother fighting? They settle and make the most of whatever limitation they now have to live with.
For example…
They are told they will get sicker as they get older — they say “OK.”
They are told they will get fatter as they get older — they say “OK.” They might put up a bit of a fight and join their local diet club, but it feels inevitable. Metabolism is slowing, the weight keeps creeping on, and the diet club just becomes a meeting place for other overweight people who are all ‘trying’ but not really getting anywhere. Even the person running the club is overweight so, you know… why fight the inevitable?
They are told they will get tired and experience painful joints as they get older — they say “OK.”
They are told all debt is bad and all saving is good — they say “OK.”
They are told to give up all fun stuff and tighten their belts if they ever want wealth (usually by people who are NOT doing this) — they say “OK.”
They are told they have to do any old thing to pay the bills whether they like it or not — they say “OK.”
They are told they will get diabetes and heart disease because it runs in their family — they say “OK.”
They are told they must take statins for the rest of their life because they are male — they say “OK.”
They are told homosexuality is bad — they say “OK,” and then either spend their life fighting this ‘truth’ or just accept it and feel ashamed.
They are told it is harder for Black people — they say “OK,” and either spend their life fighting, fighting, fighting to prove themselves, or they just settle for a ‘less than’ life because “it’s just the way it is.”
They are told females are the weaker sex — they say “OK,” and again either try to prove “THEM” wrong or just accept it as TRUTH. Some even have sacred texts to “prove” how true it is.
They are told they cannot get that job because they do not have that qualification — they say “OK.”
They are told only 1 out of every 5 businesses succeed — they say “OK,” and give up as soon as they hit three months and haven’t made a million. (Yes, I’m exaggerating — but you get my drift.)
They are told there are no good men or women left and everyone is playing games instead of truly wanting a committed relationship — they say “OK.”
They are told their eyesight will inevitably get worse between 40 and 50 — they say “OK.”
They are told to remove part of their breast because some test says they’re genetically more likely to get breast cancer — they say “OK.”
They are told they’ve always had undiagnosed ADHD — they say, “Aaah OK, that explains why I’ve always felt different! Great! Now drug me up, Scotty, so I can be like all the normal people!”
They are labelled with something at school or by a doctor or psychologist — they say “OK.” They Google the term, discover all the ways it describes them, and subtly contort their other behaviours to match the label. Then they proudly talk about it to anyone and everyone who will listen.
They smile condescendingly at anyone who refuses to accept their fixed way of looking at the world and quietly think, “Pride comes before a fall,” while they watch and wait for that person’s comeuppance.
There are soooooooo many more examples of this so-called “simple” way of living. And yes, it may seem simple to just stop thinking and accept everything you’re told…
But forcing yourself to suffer through the pain of unfulfilled dreams and a dissatisfying existence?
That seems VERY COMPLICATED AND PAINFUL to me.
🌀 I invite you to come back to true simplicity (according to me and the Deliberate Millionaire path):
Question anything and everything that tells you you’re limited, and that you cannot do, be, or have what you want. And SIMPLY keep taking the next step until you achieve what you want.
The end.
OK, I’ll say this: To begin with, it may not feel very simple to go from passive, mindless living to deliberate, mindful living — I get that. I do.
But becoming the authority in your own life really IS the simplest way in the long haul.
CHOOSE IT.
Life could be an exhilarating, joyous, love-drenched adventure — why would you settle for any less?
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