Complicated

So here I go again.... This one is to expand on a "Status/Tweet"... what it really is, is a bubble that came to me like they normally do.  Just like all the others that I toss out to the world every day, they are lil positive reminders to remind myself and to maybe help someone else along the way.

April 30th:

Twitter:

Life is not complicated, we complicate it. Believe in YOU, do what you should, lose self doubt, worry less care more #OwnYourLife w @DDPYoga

Facebook:

Life is not complicated, we are the ones who complicate it.
Believe in who you are, do what you should, lose self doubt, worry less and care more.
Make today YOUR day to move forward. #BreatheAndBelieve #OwnYourLife

I know we all like to do this, and I'm no exception.  We like to try and complicate many things in our lives.  I know that I am, or have been an offender of this.  And we have no limits to what we complicate.  from the easiest things to the things that just take a bit more work.  But the reality is Life really is not that complicated.  And anything we do in life isn't either.  It's us that create the complications.

OK I know, I know... "But it wasn't me", or "They are the ones who complicated it".  We can go on and on pointing the fingers at people, events, groups, reasons.  But If we do nothing then are we really fixing anything or just keeping the complication going?

Just like anything in life everything has to start somewhere.  How can we uncomplicate our life.  We have to simplify what we are doing.  Stop worrying about what everyone else is doing and start with ourselves first.  NOW... I'm not saying that we stop caring and helping, but we need to start with what we can control and that starts from within first.  And I am not saying we toss out everything and just start over.  We have to begin from where we are at.  Life didn't "just happen".  It took steps to get us to where we are today, and it will take steps to get to where we want to be.  It is gonna take work, you know a lil effort.

So let's go to something specific, I've already written about this and you can read about it here..."Food - Don't over complicate it".  But I just wanted to break this down is a simple sense... Since I have been on this new life path with DDPYoga, and learning about the foods that I eat and there seems to be a lot in the news about this subject lately too.  SO here is my take, you may have heard this growing up too... "You are what you eat".  Well do you know what you are eating?  go to the pantry and pull out a can or a box of something.  take a peek at the label that shows the "Ingredients".  To keep things simple and "uncomplicated"  If it has more than 3 items listed and/or you have no idea what they are, do you really want to put that in your body?

Ok so let me get into our daily schedules... I know everyone is busy, and "we don't have time" for this or for that.  Well, why are we "so busy"?  We all have responsibilities, but we have to remember that we also have a responsibility to ourselves too.  If we are not taking care of us, then we are not taking care of our responsibilities efficiently.  What have you done for you, for your own well being, for your clarity?   It really doesn't take that much time.  I've been there, and I am no expert.  But I can wedge out at least 30 minutes to an hour for me.  And a lil secret, you will feel better once you do develop the habit, and everything else will become more productive.  Me I choose to do DDPYoga in the mornings, that's usually where my bubbles come from.  And if there is a morning that I don't, well that day is already started to get clustered, because I did not take the time for me.  You CAN make life less "Complicated".  Start Living, and leave the past where it is... in the past.

OK so let me see if I can wrap this one up....

If we really want to "uncomplicate" our life we need to do just a few things, then just keep moving forward...

Breathe and Believe... in yourself (first) and what you are doing.

Choose to "Own Your Life" and "Live Life at 90%"

And if you need a list that is outside the 10 commandments, or you're not a Scout and don't know the "Scout Oath or Law".  Well I am here to hook you up with one of my favorites...

Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

1. Share everything.
2. Play fair.
3. Don't hit people.
4. Put things back where you found them.
5. CLEAN UP YOUR OWN MESS.
6. Don't take things that aren't yours.
7. Say you're SORRY when you HURT somebody.
8. Wash your hands before you eat.
9. Flush.
10. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
11. Live a balanced life - learn some and drink some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
12. Take a nap every afternoon.
13. When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.
14. Be aware of wonder.  Remember the little seed in the styrofoam cup: The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
15. Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die.  So do we.
16. And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.”
Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and sane living.
Think what a better world it would be if we all -- the whole world -- had cookies and milk about 3 o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put things back where we found them and cleaned up our own messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.
― Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

 “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover”

~Mark Twain