Wouldn’t it be great to have an uncomplicated life?  People write about it, talk about it, I hear friends wishing for it all the time.  What makes one’s life complicated?  If you could, what would you do to make your life uncomplicated?  What changes would be required?

     When Dear Hubby was forced into retirement because of his MS, many people commented on how nice our lives would be, how uncomplicated.  Not so.  With his retirement came different complications.  His MS worsened, we think that was due to the stress of losing the job he loved so much.  We tried to keep in touch with his friends from work but as it so often happens those people began to be uncomfortable around him and we heard from them less frequently.

     After a couple of years, we began to rid ourselves of a few obstacles.  We paid off the credit cards and we trimmed our budget.  We gave ourselves permission to take time to do things we enjoyed and not to sweat the small stuff.  When you stop worrying about what people think of you, when you do what you enjoy, when you keep your life simple and take pleasure in those down-to-earth things, life becomes uncomplicated.

     We don’t worry about keeping up with the Joneses, whoever they are.  We don’t spend money we don’t have.  We don’t have to worry about seeing the light at the end of the tunnel because we are out of the tunnel and enjoying the sunshine.