The Simplicities of Life

Keep life as simple as possible
and enjoy to the full the simple things all around you,
the simple wonders and beauties which are there for all to share
but which are so often taken for granted because they are missed.

Miss nothing. Be like little children,
able to see and enjoy those little seemingly insignificant things in life
which really make up the whole of life: the wonders of nature,
the beauty of a flower, the perfume of a rose, the song of a bird,
the dew drops sparkling on the grass in the early morning,
the glory of the sunrise,
the gentle wind whispering in the grass,
the raindrops trickling down a window pane.
How simple and yet how truly beautiful these things are
when you look at them with eyes that really see
and cease to rush through life in such a hurry
that you fail to notice them!
When you walk through the garden, do you see My
wonders and beauties all around you,
or is you mind so full of the cares and worries of the day
that you are blind and deaf and bowed down,
that you see nothing
for you are so wrapped up in yourself and self-concern?
Why not try today to keep ever aware of all that is going on around you?
Open your eyes, keep your feelers out and really enjoy life.
When you can do this, it means you are aware
of the things that really matter. You are aware of Me,
for I am in all those little things in life as well as the big ones.
You are aware of My divine presence in everything
and life can never be dull or mundane when you are consciously
aware of Me in everything around you.

....by Eileen Caddy