The Power in Simply Living

In case you're wondering where the name for this site came from, I thought I'd explain what it means to me. Consider the power in the word "simply." Yes, life is simply life, and that's not really something we can change, but even more than that, I think about the word "simply" in front of lots of other words. Simply Me, Simply Thoughts, Simply Poetry... those are the ones I use here, but place it in your life.

When I published my first post I was wracked with fear - what if I misspelled a word? What if I could have used better grammar? What if I didn't convey my thoughts in the clearest way possible? What if my photograph is actually terrible? Here I was, putting my heart, my work onto the internet for anyone to see - what if it wasn't perfect? I was so ready to take the post off until I had time to rework it 3-4 times, and then I stopped. Imperfections are simply a part of life. I could rework, edit, and rethink everything in my life, but then I bet I wouldn't make it anywhere. I'd be so held back by fear I'd never dare do anything. 

So with the imperfections, the typos, the "incorrect" compositions, this is simply me. This is simply my life, my thoughts, my art. I don't promise it will be perfect, and I doubt it will be. But I simply choose to live my life moving forward and that means I get to choose to be fine if it isn't quite "right." 

Instead of apologizing for being imperfect I own that I'm simply doing life my own, special way. What would you do, where would you be if you could let yourself simply try?