This year my only resolution is to live a simple life and in gratitude. I've always believed in the KISS principle - keep it simple stupid. However, life in the city is seldom simple... trust me, I've tried. City life is fast paced, busy, crowded, always more to do, more to accomplish, more to be... and so we end up living complicated lives.
I said STOP, well ok my body said STOP, no more, enough is enough!! All I want is to live simple, with the bare necessities and grateful for my many blessings. Which I am... extremely grateful... Once you change your mindset, you are astounded by how little you need and how much of your life consists of wants and must haves and not needs.
Having said that, I have to keep busy and am planning to open a small country shop, selling decor and hand made gifts mostly. Compared to my life in the city, this is living simple and much more fun. So let me get on with it, loads of planning to do and need to renovate the garage on a very limited budget (with hubby as main laborer - the man can do anything). I will post before and after photo's...
And all of a sudden I am humming a tune, a very familiar tune if you've watched Jungle Book as many times as I have...
Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
Old Mother Nature's recipies
That brings the bare necessities to life
Wherever I wander, wherever I roam
I couldn't be more fonder of my home
The bees are buzzing in the tree
To make some honey just for me
When you look under the rocks and plants
And take a glance at the fancy ants
Then maybe try a few
The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you
So just try and relax, yeah cool it
Fall apart in my backyard
Cause let me tell you something little britches
If you act like that bee acts, uh uh
You're working too hard
And don't spend your time lookin' around
For something you want that can't be found
When you find out you can live without it
And go along not thinkin' about it
I'll tell you something true
The bare necessities of life will come to you...
Yeah ok, I don't plan on eating ants (uuurrgghh)... Am just downscaling from Woolworths to Spar (which is huge for me), but you get the picture :)
And all of a sudden I am humming a tune, a very familiar tune if you've watched Jungle Book as many times as I have...
Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
Old Mother Nature's recipies
That brings the bare necessities to life
Wherever I wander, wherever I roam
I couldn't be more fonder of my home
The bees are buzzing in the tree
To make some honey just for me
When you look under the rocks and plants
And take a glance at the fancy ants
Then maybe try a few
The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you
So just try and relax, yeah cool it
Fall apart in my backyard
Cause let me tell you something little britches
If you act like that bee acts, uh uh
You're working too hard
And don't spend your time lookin' around
For something you want that can't be found
When you find out you can live without it
And go along not thinkin' about it
I'll tell you something true
The bare necessities of life will come to you...
Yeah ok, I don't plan on eating ants (uuurrgghh)... Am just downscaling from Woolworths to Spar (which is huge for me), but you get the picture :)
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