Simplicity Packet

I believe that life will never be simple. It will always be filled with distraction, devastation, and technology. As quoted from Jim Horning, “Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.” Part of the definition of simplicity is freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort. That quote is the reason I believe simplicity isn’t very-well possible. Difficulty is unavoidable; everything a person does with have a “what if” that makes them contradict their main belief.  Hardship is all around the world. It lives everywhere you walk; and though it is hard to believe, hardship lives in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

            When people strive to create a simpler world they soon realize that the task they seek to accomplish is impossible. There is technology, poverty, abuse, and many more things that make living a simple life an unrealistic dream. At Newtown Friends School, we pursue trying to make students appreciate the life they were given. We try to create queries that inspire us to make changes to our daily life. With all of the appreciation to our elders, and our peers, it’s hard to forget that at the end of the day life as we know is… complicated.

            Jim Horning was right when he said that nothing is as simple as we hope it will be. But in my perspective, simple isn’t always great. If everything was simple and neutral life wouldn’t be as crazy and havoc filled as god intended. The people in the world who let life happen as it’s meant to happen are the go-getters that made history. No one was ever famous because they lived a “simple” life. 

This I believe...

I believe in Independence.
                 I believe in independence. My inspiration throughout my life has always been my mother. my mother came from a small town in Scranton, PA. She grew up in a large family where a college education was vastly more typical in the male gender. However, her father always taught her that any amount of success can be achieved if so desired. Taken from that was a strong passion for one day working in New York City. At the young age of twenty-three, Debra Ann Graham traveled to NYC to seek employment. Seeking job opportunities became more difficult as doors remained closed. She was told that she did not have proper job experience. Finding work became her obsession. Finally, at the age of twenty-five she began her career in cosmetics.

      This story shaped my beliefs by making me realize that being independent and taking responsibility for yourself are the most important traits a person can behold. My mother shows great example of those traits. Everything she does, she does for her family, and most of all for herself.

        In conclusion, my mother now lives a happy life. She lives without worry that if something crucial and upsetting should happen...she would survive.