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Simplicity

I was asked to fill out a nametag recently at “Creative Mornings”. The query was, “What would you like to simplify?”

My answer, “Simplicity itself”. This retort confused almost all who saw it, but few inquired. Pity.

What I was referring to was the pain of keeping up with ever changing forms and types of communication. Why MUST i have a QR code or Password for EVERYTHING? Why must I have multiple passwords to even know how little money I have that is mine?

It is painful to succumb to the fact that I essentially must run my entire life this way.

Yet it is pleasurable to be exposed to and enlightened by voluminous information from so many different sources. Some of which I may have the privilege to impart to others. Which is always a pleasure indeed.

I also know from all of the heart and sinew in my being (as well as the arthritis in my joints) that one does not experience the joy and heartfelt camaraderie that I felt in winning teams sports experiences without the pain, without the slog of hour after hour of repetitive skill development.

After all, repetition is the Mother of skill. The pain is easily forgotten when the pleasure of winning achievement manifests.

I need to embrace the challenge of learning all of these new skills and challenging changes not as the pain in the ass which is my current perception, but as opportunity Maybe I will even share my calendar. NOT.

The only one who need experience both the pain and pleasure of everything in my life is me.

As it should be.

-John Olander