Tuesday, April 26, 2011

The Art of Simple Life

“It is a gift to be simple.

It is a gift to be free. “

So goes an old song.

The color of life and its festivity

Depends on how we look at it

through our own lens and perception.

Leading simple life does not imply

Isolation or seclusion

Or living on beans only and

Avoiding the simplest pleasures of life.

We should not allow others

To mess up our life at any time

I have just stumbled upon

An interesting quote

By an English novelist

And playwright, Jerome Klapka

On the art of simple life.

“Let your boat of life be light,

Packed with only what you need-

A homely home and simple pleasures ,

One or two friends worth the name,

Some one to love and

Someone to love you.

A cat , a dog and

A pipe or two.

Enough to eat and

Enough to wear and

A little more than

Enough to drink,

For thirst is the dangerous thing.”

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