multi-tasking isn't what it used to be...

~)(~

 "Slow down,

 and learn to savor the experience of Life Itself.

How can it be beneficial for anyone 

to pack as much activity as possible into a day, or night?

Doesn't that just jam our senses 

and jade our capability 

to experience things on a deeper, less superficial level?

Isn't rushing about feverishly 

with a long to-do list a sign of mental imbalance;

 a lack of ability and wisdom to pare down

  to what is really important and has long term value?

How to decide what is of value?

 One question that can be helpful is to ask of everything, 

"What is it for?" 

Keep looking deeper and deeper,

 and what you may find is 

that nothing more is needed to live a full life 

except to see and know what is already there.  

The ground of existence, if you will.

Less is more"

~)(~

"Stillness"

Original Watercolor Painting by RenePaints on etsy

becoming an empty page...

"Less is more."

Things accumulate. 

Empty space fills up seemingly by itself.

This is probably true for many or most people. 

You really have to keep after it to keep empty spaces in your house, 

or your life, in general.

Some with limited space to begin with have the rule -

 "when something enters the house something has to leave".

I knew of someone years ago who once a year emptied the contents of her house 

onto the curb for people to come and sort through 

and take what they needed or wanted. 

In just a short space of time her house had filled up again

 with things gifted by other people. 

I'm not sure I could quite do that since my source of livelihood 

springs from things I make in my home sewing room, 

but the point is, I believe, 

in the trust she had in the generosity of people, and the bounty of life.
Trick is, owning things but not permitting them to own you.

"A scoundrel is knowledgeable
A fool will know
But a sage is an empty page." 

~Sadhguru 

Pink space abstract watercolor

 watercolor available at artbymonika on etsy