A Life Of Action

Some may say that I am an obsessed girl. I prefer passionate. I can’t think of another word to describe how I feel about having discovered the beauty in simplicity and frugality. I have found a love, appreciation, and respect for little things in life. It has not been an easy road to get to where I am today but definitely one worth taking.

The simplicity I have discovered over the past year of my life after all my family went through is just so simple. It’s like for so long we were making everything harder on ourselves by trying to seek external happiness and the approval of others. Letting those things go and knowing that it’s all from within that you find happiness and approval has been like moving mountains in my life. It’s a huge weight lifted.

And now, instead of a life of words, of whining, of complaining, of hoping for better when – I’m just living my life. My life has turned from one of words to one of action. This has come about mostly because of my full on embracing of frugality and all the beautiful things that it brings to life. Instead of the main action of my life being swiping a piece of plastic when I want, need or have a whim for something, I am creative – I am using my hands not for writing checks and entering pin numbers. I am using my hands to make things, to build things, to create and to shape my life into a beautiful, simple specimen. I’m adding love and care and handmade, homemade goodness to my life and those around me.

Tired of talking about what I want to do, what I want different, what I don’t like, I am a woman now that loves to act. To change things I don’t like, or to change my viewpoint about them and see them in a positive light. There is so much pain and suffering in this world. The last thing the world needs is someone like me – living a life of splendor compared to much of the world although not compared to the rest of America – whining about my children’s bad behavior, or wanting more cash in the bank or needing this that or the other thing. A shift has taken place within me that has made me realize my small place in this world. I can make the most of it through doing and acting. I can lead a simple life that involves days of digging in the dirt and creating a home as a haven, and making food, sewing (yes, sewing! I started sewing again this week!), using the hands I was given to provide for myself and my family or I can keep sitting and waiting for another day, another time, when there is more of whatever I may fool myself into believing I need before I can be happy. I choose to act today instead of waiting for tomorrow.