I love gardening. It’s one of my favorite things to do. When I was younger I always wanted to continually add more and more flowers and shrubs to my yard. I could never get enough. It was like a drug. Until one day, I looked around and saw it was so cluttered. The beauty of the plants were hidden by their sheer number. So, I decided to begin to subtract things from my garden. The beauty and simplicity of the shapes and simple lines of the design just “popped” in front of my eyes. It was aesthetically pleasing as well as beautiful.

It’s the same in life too. When we are young it’s very easy to want to accumulate and accumulate more stuff. It becomes hard to see the beauty in any of it. As one peels away all of the excess and keeps the things that truly matter the beauty and a sense of tranquility unfolds!