Go Go people

“ There is no goodness, where simplicity and truth are absent” -Tolstoy

The world we live in now, much like past generations, has been in constant transformation regarding the personal time spent by individuals, and families.
Obviously work and education take up a good bulk of our time, but what we do with our other “time” determines a lot about us. Whether we realize it or not., simple or plain living seems a hassle to us. We tend to look for the fastest, most efficient way to do things which is all fine and well, but I believe the driving force behind that, is this sense of urgency to “utilize” anytime we have just to get things done and compete in this dog eat dog culture we have found ourselves placed in. It seems that anxiety tends to mold us to the common more than we tend to acknowledge.

Unfortunately, once someone has experienced some form of personal satisfaction or accomplishment due to the “hustle” it can become an addictive state of mind. Go go go! Always working, no time to just relax and ponder the reasons or roots of the work at hand. Why am I so fixated on doing this? Why do I get so agitated and impatient? Why do I create more work for myself than I can accomplish? Why am I doing this anyway? Is this really what I want? What are my motives? Are they pure, and good?, Or am I a product of envy, and complicity?

What happened to simple appreciation? We have become so fixated with attaining happiness, that it passes us by without boasting of our loss. It happens in the moments of trees whistling as we approach our car, the way that the bird sings as we walk out of the door, a smile from the one you love, and satisfaction a doing a job well done. Maybe if we are able to see how tense, unsatisfied, and ungrateful we are, the wake up might be enough o get us off autopilot. Either way it’s going to be humbling.