The Pursuit of Simplicity.

Quantum physics reveals that everything that is observed is affected by the observer. Every person creates his or her own reality. The perception of reality is unique to everyone's experience. Simplicity is reality. Therefore, simplicity looks and feels different to each person.

For me, simplicity became the ultimate equation when I took the power of how I felt, in my hands. For a very long time, I lived blindfolded to whatever was happening in my life. Mindfulness made me realise that every thought and action has repercussions in this universe; it comes back to us twofold. It like a boomerang that hits right in the face. 

The pursuit of simplicity is the most complex one. It shakes the ground beneath our feet, it forces us to change our patterns of thinking. We have an attitude to want it all now, to want everything. We are impatient beings looking for instant gratification. We hardly delve deeper into something, we just touch the surface and think we have conquered mountains. We deliberately make our lives hectic by constant abstraction instead of subtraction. A simple thinking mind isn't dull slow or stupid. It is responsive instead of reactive. It considers a longer timeline and wider perspective. Simple thinking is focused and nuanced. It is observant.

Simplicity is acting on what you already know. The clear basics of life. There is no need to clutter your mind with unnecessary information about it. Simplify your relationships with a single motto of giving love. Be compassionate, expect least. Know your self-worth; draw healthy boundaries. Know that, focusing on petty things creates a petty relationship; focusing on core things create a solid relationship.

When you want something you have an option to move towards it. Simplicity is the series of intentional decisions that you make to move towards your dreams and goals. Despite fear and uncertainty, take actions every day that pushes you in the direction you want to be. Consistency creates courage, pulls all your ducks in a row while action creates a simple proof that you are willing to move towards your goal.

The pursuit of simplicity is a unique journey for everyone. It is an ever-changing process. Don't fall trap to the comparison of your life to someone else's. A simple life is what we make for ourselves, one step at a time. 

Take a deep breath, remember your ultimate goal and keep moving forward.

Fine art of failing.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. 

The topmost definition in the dictionary for failure is "lack of success". There's an awful lot of emphasis on success. It has always been the hype. We sing songs and hymns on success and often look down upon or frown thinking about our days of failure. Whether we buy the hype or not, we all want to succeed especially when you consider success as getting what you want, the way you want. So, failure by that definition is that it didn't work out the way you wanted it to.

With a lot of discipline, we often create, evaluate, model, and prepare our journey towards success as to how we intend to achieve it. In this process, we mostly get attached to this blueprint of success. Failure is what we usually don't get a lot of preparation for. Since our birth are taught to avoid failures; we are looked down upon if we fail. We never learned to face it with open arms. Perhaps that's why, when things don't turn out the way we want or when the milestones aren't created according to our timelines, we tend to lose our motivation instead of refocusing our vision. 

Failures are the most underrated and negatively interpreted experience. If there is one thing that prepares you for a successful life, it is failures. Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavour. Why we tend to avoid failure is because it is straight down raw. It is hard hitting because it shakes you and gives you a reality check. What failure most importantly teaches you is how to work with the rawness of things, how to deal with the practicality of things. Failure teaches you to learn to take responsibility for your own actions. 

What failures shouldn't bring in is arrogance and ego, instead, it should be considered a human experience to connect genuinely with people. Failures are crucial to life. Because during our blossoming, it never lets us forget our roots. When we are deeply rooted, we are raw, nothing and no one can ever stagnate us. Failing again opens you up to the rawness, it makes you fail better. Failing better means being able to work with failure instead of having a negative self-talk, escaping it, or blaming it on someone else. 

So fail again. Fail better. Give yourself the space to emerge bolder out of that experience.