"Simplify, simplify" has to be one of Thoreau's most quoted bits of wisdom. Having stumbled
through six dozen years spread across nine decades, I am increasingly inclined to take ol' Hank's advice.
Each day, my world is filled with small simple pleasures that I rushed past for too many years. I now take the time to savor them and be thankful for them.
I just came in from digging and chopping around a stump beside our drive that, hopefully, will be pulled out tomorrow. I surrendered to a 104 degree heat index before it hits its peak in a couple hours. "Hot" would be an understatement, but I felt fortunate to be able to still get outside, work up a sweat, get my hands dirty and do something useful.
What small simple pleasures did I savor? The shade of a maple, a cooling breeze, yellow Brown-Eyed Susans nodding from the meadow, the incomparable taste of a just-picked sun-warmed tomato. Now that I'm inside, I am very thankful for our air conditioning and a tall glass of iced tea.
Of such small gifts, good days are made.
"Simplify, simplify".
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Why did he say it twice?
Why did he say it twice?
