This post is in response to Weekly Writing Challenge: Ice, Water, Steam.
The Challenge: For this week’s writing challenge, take on the theme of H2O. Just like water is still water, whether it’s solid, liquid, or gaseous, you are still yourself, whether you’re in the middle of a career change or identity shift. Hey, even dying your hair pink is just a different variation of you.
Whether we are rich or poor, we are what we think. Simple living is not what matters, simple thinking does.
“Simple living and high thinking” is a common adage we have been living with, right from our childhood. It is simple to understand, isn’t it? Live a simple life with the basic needs, have high aims in life and be happy.
What we perceived then and what we perceive now transmit vibes that are poles apart.
The irony: Everything is in the mind. The higher we think, the higher our hopes and expectations, and higher soars our greed. This ultimately lands one into a pit full of competition, jealousy and revenge. Over the years, experience explained, what actually matters is ‘think simple’.
So…
Simplicity is in the mind, not lifestyle,
Generosity is a quality divine;
Live your dreams, you have a lifetime;
Be human, spread the sunshine.
Good or bad is in the heart,
Show gratitude for what you’re bestowed;
How you live is a work of art;
Clean the soul for a heavenly abode.
Rich or poor, is in the mind,
If you are alive, you’ve to strive;
Think simple and just be kind,
If you’ve money, help others to survive.
Is it convincing?
It’s our dreams we try to connect!
Simple living and high thinking,
Does it make a man perfect?
© 2015 Ahmad and Ahmad
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