“Going Back To A Simpler Life Is Not A Step Backward” – Yvon Chouinard
The implication of this quote is that achieving a simpler life is not a reflection of failure because you are releasing your stuff. In fact, letting go is a sign of growth and can help balance out your body, mind & environment. How so you may ask? Because making the choice to “let go” allows you to move forward with life. This is a healthy decision. The process then of letting go improves your overall wellness.
It takes courage to simplify one’s life and be free of things you may have considered important or special at one time. Recognizing that your things may no longer be serving you (and can actually be holding you back from living life to the fullest) is a true sign of personal growth. There’s a lot to be said about a person who can relinquish the old and welcome the new – even if they aren’t sure what that may look like.
I see way too often people who struggle with the notion that “letting go” is somehow a sign of weakness. This can be to their detriment as it propels them into a chronic state of fear because they feel as if they are “losing” or “giving up” something. But you see there is no loss with simplicity. Simplicity offers freedom of all that was but no longer is. So how can one lose when one becomes free? You simply cannot.
The process of purging one’s life is powerful. A process fully embellished with tender moments of self-discovery. It’s as if you get to experience your very own internal treasure hunt. Tell me, what’s more beautiful than that?
If you are looking for ways to simplify and balance out your life, my book Organically Yours will be a great read for you.
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