Simplicity!

In this changing world only two thing are certain....Death & Change itself… but with time we have added few more things in this list of certainty… Taxes, Traffic jams in metros.... are just few to mention. But as change has become part of life…. Life has become more complex…. We have made even simpler things, complex and more complex.


But in all this complexity we have somehow missed the truth that, the simplest things are often truest…. In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. But still what we always seek is complexity……

Complexity in terms of working, living, looking at things, in taking decisions… even the way we project our image in this world has become complex… because this whole society believes in so called ‘Show-off’…. And the trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn't simple. Even if someone wants to live simply, society won’t allow you to do so… and so even if you don’t want to you tend to live the way society expects you to be… and in doing so you forget who you really are and become who others want you to be like.

And what this is leading to….. in this process…..we have become a society which seems to have no thinking of its own it tends to follow trends, values, thinking’s of some other society which further follow it from some other society and thus forming a vicious circle of followers or second hander’s or simply 'Copy and do it philosophy'….. And because of which original thinkers & creative minds has become a thing which can only be found in stories.

We can incorporate this simplicity principle anywhere…. In our lives, in our thinking, in our work, in our behavior, in our looks, in our relationships. It may seem bit wired but in simplicity lays the true beauty and purity.

Why we forget that, Simplicity and originality is the base of this entire creation of God…so why to lose it for some cheap imitation or material pleasure….. As we simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness - weakness.

And as one of the writers has said, “Beauty of thoughts, Elegance in appearance may sound two different things but they have one thing in common…. Both can be achieved when everything superfluous has been discarded and person discovers the power of simplicity and concentration”….. The simpler, more sober, clear the thought or for that matter outer appearance becomes….more beautiful it is.

The Snow is exquisite because it has only one colour, the sea is lovely & attractive because of its blue texture which appears to be flat from the top but has so many secrets in its heart... same is true for snow….. Both are deep and know their own qualities. So is Simplicity….. It may appear straightforward but deep inside it has immense power of its own which can be realized one you accept it.

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.

Simplicity is the glory of expression. Simplicity is the nature of great souls. Nothing is true, but that which is simple. So lets be Simple in our lives and respect others simplicity......& create the difference.

Jyoti