The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
Everyday life can be plain and without excitement, but it is the simplicity that you get to enjoy peace of mind and happiness in a healthy way of life:
1. Early riser: It is peace and quiet in the morning. Get up early to enjoy the fresh air and the calmness. To bring more tranquility into your life, do a round of Tai Chi. It is a kind of meditation in motion to give you inner peace, composure, alertness, and energy.
2. Peaceful and positive thoughts: On a brand new day, think confidently and fill your heart with love, kindness and forgiveness. When you feel good, you will incline to do good and be happy.
3. Breakfast: Breakfast is about breaking fast after 8 hours of sleep without food. When you get up early you have plenty of time to enjoy a simple yet nutritious meal leisurely. This is the first meal in a day to provide energy to start a new day right.
4. An organized life: To get organized is to plan ahead and live an orderly and simple life. An organized life is a disciplined, balanced, responsible, and successful life. You take care of those important things in your life such as your work and your family. When you do the right things you get peace of mind and happiness.
5. Do less but more productive: Do what is important in your life, forget the small stuff. Do less to be less stressful and avoid overwhelm. A simple life is unhurried and only doing a few important but productive things every day. You focus on doing the right thing, the right way at the right time.
6. Simple healthy habits: Be clean, take a bath, and drink water throughout the day. Make it a daily habit of drinking green tea. Walk more often and drive less. Exercise the body and avoid smoking and drinking. Consume more fruits and vegetables and avoid junk food. Be wise; reduce the intake of sugar, salt, and fat. Get away from air pollution and second-hand smoke and sleep well and sufficiently.
7. Enjoy your life now: Loosen up, just relaxed and enjoy the moment, be here and now. Do what you like and believe in what you do so that you enjoy the process of doing it. Think of nothing else but the task at hand.
9. Exercise the brain: Be mentally alert. A simple life is a rich life when you develop a daily habit of reading. Your mind is constantly working, gaining new knowledge, and learning new things. Take up a hobby that you like and enjoy to stimulate the mind like gardening and pottery. Life may be simple, but it is rewarding, fulfilling, and satisfying.
10. Be yourself: Live your own life, don’t compare. Live within your means, do not be jealous, envious, or unhappy about things you do not have. There is peace and contentment when you are happy with what you are and what you have.
Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Lao Tzu
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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I really like the be yourself point best. I think it is key in living the life you are meant to live.
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