Simplicity, solitude, and silence are common themes to the explorers of life's questions and the discoverers of life's answers. Our willingness to settle into some days of simplicity, living without plans, just being, opens a path.

Life doesn't always work out just as we'd like, but I believe it does happen according to "some plan," whether grand or otherwise. The one thing we can do is remind ourselves to consciously work toward making it the best we can -- and let go of the little things that don't actually matter.

Now is a good time to clear out some mental baggage, purify any sense of guilt or remorse about what we did or didn't do over the summer, and reset our intention for the fall.

We should measure our success in life by the good deeds we have done and the people whose lives we have touched instead of measuring it by the goods we possess.

Simplicity is purity. It is facing the true nature of things and embracing it instead of ducking and weaving and dodging, instead of filling a hole inside you with chaotic activity or an overabundance of stuff.

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It's not always easy or fun to change things, but when you do it frees you. These days what I want is smaller and less. I want more time to do what I enjoy and to be with those I care about. That's what makes me happy.

If simplicity is so sought after, why are we not taking the action that creates it?

If the 20th century was about supersizing our food, stuff, cars and homes, the 21st century is about editing our lives back to a more more satisfying simplicity.

We are all victims of more and more lint, some liabilities, and the "little murders" of daily life, and we often have to cut through all of that to get work done.

My declaration for what little time is left of summer is to spend less time sorting and more time being with family and friends, reading and lying out in sun.

It is well known that disease symptoms are sometimes the result of the body working to cure an underlying condition. I suspect we will not only survive, but actually be healthier in the long run.