“Never let the quest for more distract you from the beauty of enough.” Sahil Bloom
By: Gabriela Yareliz
Spring invites us into simplicity. I am only 1/4 into my spring cleaning. The season’s freshness invites us to cleanse out, to simplify, to go back to the basics. A mini candle, a white t-shirt, a fresh cleaner, a duster, a trash bag, teas and herbs, an open window with rain. All essentials. It’s a time where I examine clothes and shoes and see what needs to be retired and what needs to come to the front. The old gets swept away.
If winter brings maximalism we ramp up to through the autumn, spring has us shedding layers as we tumble toward the minimalism of summer.
Shedding reminds us it’s less about more, and it’s more about enough. There is beauty in enough, as Bloom says. We lessen distractions, and keep it focused.
We declutter our minds and spirits. We prepare for the freedom of summer. The beauty of enough deserves its moment in the sun. We don’t need more. The freedom of enough is brighter.
GABRIELA YARELIZ 