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​It’s a Gift to Be Simple…How is that a Gift?!  (Part 1 of 3)

7/14/2021

 
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It’s what the old Shaker song says, at least!  In fact, some lyrics say 'tis "the” rather than “a” gift to be simple.
 
But nothing seems simple anymore. 
 
We live in a world of information (and misinformation!) at our fingertips.  We're bombarded by choice at the grocery store and online.  Constant comparison is exacerbated through social media.  And stores like HomeGoods, Tuesday Morning, Ross, Overstock.com, Lowe's, Home Depot, and others are happy to feed our "more and better" obsession.

"Complex" is more apt to describe our times rather than "simple."  This is not necessarily a bad thing, it may be important to look at the complexities at work under the surface, rather than oversimplify an issue or situation (or even a person or group of people!).
 
So in our cultural context, what is the gift of simplicity?  And if we do discover it to be a gift, how do we go about receiving it? 

I began to return to simplicity in my blog last week, but I want to explore this question over the next few weeks as I glean from others' insights and experiences.  Maybe you have some wisdom to share with me as well (my daughter sure did)!
 
On a walk with my young teen earlier this week, I asked her, “What is the difference between simplicity and settling?”
 
“I think it has to do with what changes,” she replied.
 
She went on, “There can be all kinds of changes on the outside.  But when a person settles, there’s no change on the inside.”
 
“So for you, simplicity is a gift or practice that changes us…how interesting!  And, would you say that simplicity helps us deal with the changes on the outside of us?”
 
“Yes, I mean, that makes sense to me.”
 
“What a good perspective!  I’m going to be thinking about simplicity and change for a while.”

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What does the dance between simplicity & change offer you?
 
I am invited to continue exploring simplicity as both a gift and a practice that offers deep change—peace and inner transformation.  

Simplicity may change me by changing the way I view “all the things.” 
 
Perhaps it gives the gift of discerning eyes when faced with a storm of choice and change!


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    Kasey is a scarf, ball and club juggling spiritual director just outside of Nashville, TN.  Play helps her Type-A, Enneagram 1 personality relax, creating space for poetry and other words to emerge. She also likes playing with theological ideas like perichoresis, and all the ways we're invited into this Triune dance.  

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