Not too long ago I came across the following statement: “Knowing what you are made to do, and doing it, is the essence of living simply.”
I’ve been thinking about these words a lot and I agree wholeheartedly. Last year Elijah and I spent some time working through our family mission statement giving words to what we truly value and what we want to be about. While we came up with several things we’re shooting for in our life together the central theme that tends to guide us is that of simplicity. We used it as a guideline for establishing what we spend money on, how we invest our time, even how we use our home.
And while we’ve done a pretty good job articulating our values as a family, I know I have some personal things that are for me to do. Heart things. Things that will remain undone if I don’t do them. The last week or so I’ve felt as though something is “off” – I’ve not been as centered and focused as I’d like to be and it doesn’t take an enormous amount of agonizing, soul-searching to know why. It’s because I know there are just a few things that I am to be about in my life and I’m not doing them. Some, yes. But not all – and I need to be about all of them.
So…today and this next week are about pulling back to center and re-focusing on what matters. Giddy up.
