It’s Really Very Simple

I am learning that life is really very simple.  People make things complicated with all our talk about grey areas and white lies and waffling.  But think about it.

Do you believe in God?  It’s really only yes or no.

Do you believe in freedom for everybody?  Again, you either do, or you don’t.

Do you love me?  There’s no middle ground here.  I’m a total package.

That’s really all there is to it.  If you believe in God, you will live your life accordingly.  Not because you have to; not because someone is forcing you.  But because it is what you do.  If you believe in freedom for everybody, then you will act as you believe.  You will accept that people may do things you wouldn’t do, but realize that it is their choice – that people should be allowed to live their own life their own way so long as their actions do not take away from another’s choice.  If you love me, you will love me as I am, warts and all.  I love my husband.  100%.  Even though I don’t necessarily like some of the choices he is making, I still love all of him.  Same goes for my kids and friends.  That’s what love is.

For a long time now, my husband and I have been struggling with the whole “what do I want to be when I grow up” question.  The quest to find this answer has taken us many strange and interesting places.  We have a lot of ideas, and a lot of passions.  Our latest question has been HOW?  How do we accomplish this?  And I have finally come to the realization that we are trying too hard.  It’s not supposed to be this hard.  So, now, I am on the quest to just do it.  Quit overthinking everything (or as my husband phrases it – nuking it out).