KEEP IT SIMPLE

With Christmas fast approaching and the complexity of emotional strains, the happiness and sadness that we allow it to bring, my increasing view is Keep it Simple. In these times of financial austerity, this may be a blessing for many that they have no option but to keep it simple in respect of being able / unable to purchase gifts. There may, ultimately, be a long term advantageous spin off to this enforced necessity for many, to rein in the personal expenditure this year. Often the most simple gifts are the most cherished. The small uncomplicated gift from a child, often has the greater impact and meaning than some luxurious gift from a wealthy friend or family member.

Now, you may ask where is this blog going. Is it his personal soap box version of a church sermon? Well no, it is not meant to be that, even though it is being written on a Sunday evening! I am minded of the simplicity angle as I am, increasingly, finding that as the months pass I the complexity of issues and situations best avoided, in order to maintain clarity of thought and understanding. The adoption of a simple approach and the association with simplicity is not born from any high moralistic ideal, akin to a monastic existence. Rather it is driven by the wish to be able to function normally as possible, to try to avoid detection, by the newly met or the stranger, of being a card carrying member of the dementia club! Not that I am ashamed of membership, but rather, that I wish to keep as many aspects of life, relationships and thought processes, as simple as possible.

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