A Simply Delightful Day, Simple Living

The late morning sun streaming hitting the floor in lattice work patterns . The new furniture, less of a stranger in my home now, but I have yet to fall asleep on the sofa. After that it will be like a good friend who has given a moment of comfort.
I am enjoying the warm earthy tones of the new items, more warm than the blues of the past. Perhaps this new furniture represents something deeper inside of me, the burgundies, the golden hues, the warmth of it all. Perhaps its like a fine glass of wine accompanied by warm bread that I have learned to love so much. With all this newness in my life, and this empty nest, I have looked deeper into my dearly guarded "simple living", in retrospect , I can see clearly now that its not the surroundings so much as the desire of our heart to live apart from the stress and wildness of the world we live and love in. My life is just as simple as it was a year ago, or 10 years ago for that matter. Its how I perceive things more than anything else. Simple living isn't really about kerosene lamps, goats to milk and home made bread. Its about being true to who you are meant to be without getting lost in some manic chase for things.
Its not about dressing dowdy and looking like grandma did when she picked peas, its more about taking the good hearted approach to life that was more common in grandmas time. Its not about "look how we do it on the farm", its about always being self reliant and knowing how to live in a chaotic world and not getting caught up in it so that you don't loose the important aspects to life, like good ethics, kindness, compassion and above and beyond all that, joy in life. Grabbing hold of life and embracing it with all your heart for the good that is all around us at any given moment. We all have trials but they live amid good things too.
Simple living is redefining yourself daily so that you never become stagnate or loose your enthusiasm, that childlike enthusiasm that I write about so often.
Simple living is not having a wood stove, its simply living with uncomplicated joy no matter where you live and not selling out your humanity for objects, which can just as easily be homestead trappings as a Hummer.

The living room this morning
The little orange dress, not forgotten, it is still a dream, getting closer though. Next summer I will wear it !