Less is more

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"When push comes to shove" is the phrase that runs in my mind as i rest my hands on the keyboard to get started. Wiktionary.com has defined it as "When the pressure is on; when the situation is critical or urgent; when the time has come for action, even if it is difficult". No matter what, when the situation calls for it you get the job done. 

In this economic difficulties that we are all affected and involved, there must be a universal message that we all should be getting. It is teaching us all to be frugal, be more sensible with our spending habits, teaching us to save for the rainy days. To help us make our lifestyle  never exceed our income. Learning to ask ourselves; "Is this thing that I really want is what I really need"? I have to be sensitive to my impracticality in purchasing the things that I just want to have. Being comfortably aware of the difference between needs and wants. Knowing what really is important in our life with the right perspective. An excuse to be cheap? maybe, or maybe not.  

Putting things into the right perspective might be the bottom lesson that we could be uncovering here. Practicality may eventually take us to our spirituality. Less stuffs fewer stress, more stuffs more problems. What better way to get to the fundamental core of our spirit but to be in the presence of peace. Our true guide (spirit) will not take us to a confusing, crazy situations, we just have to listen to it more often. Having more means, filling up the closet/ storage/ garage with stuffs that will never be used and will only occupy space. Not to deny us to the things that we want to have in life, but it's about being practical that will hopefully bring us to see the bigger picture. If you look at life as a freefall, what's the use of holding on to the stuffs that are freefalling with you? It's just going to take you a lot faster on falling.

Everything is circling down the drain - money, fame, possession of material things, etc. My own estimate is that ego is more dominant in our life when we have those. In fact in my opinion it is hard to handle being the poorest of the poor and to be the richest of the rich. On both extreme conditions our true character is forced to come out, and no matter how hard you try you will never be able to fake it. Because you are going to be pushed to your limits in either way. It is about adapting and adjusting to whatever situation you may be. When we want to survive we have got to do the things that are right not the selfish things. Applying the right things in our life is hard and tricky sometimes. May we all be reminded in our heart and mind that our present behavior is the best determiner of our future. Hopefully in this hard times we get the job done. With the right attitude, approach and decisions. :)


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