Keep It Simple Stupid

Trees are beautiful to me they provide shade and many other things. The smell of fresh cut grass is nice too. A warm spring rain is the cleanest, freshest smell in the whole world.

When I was a kid I was proud of the way our yard looked in the summer. We cut the grass, raked the leaves and pulled the weeds. It was a never ending dirty, back breaking job. It had to be done so we did it without hesitation. It was hard but the results were all that mattered.

The riding lawnmower was a necessity not a luxury. However every Spring the same thing happened. We did not have a garage so during the Winter the mower was outside. My Dad would piddle around about getting it up and running for us to use. This drove us nuts.

If the mower needed parts we would have to order them from Sears and then wait. Meantime the grass would grow up thick and tall. It looked horrible. Dad never seemed to notice how bad it looked. Mom would wait until he went to work and then take matters into her own hands.

She would dig out the push mowers. It took a lot longer to cut the grass that way, but the job got done. I always felt a sense of victory as I pushed that mower. It wasn't a matter of "I don't want to do this, It's not fair". We had a job to do and we did it with the tools that were available.

I have carried that attitude forward into my life for a long time. This morning as I was walking back from getting the paper I started thinking about the old days. I realized that somewhere along the way I had lost that work ethic. I knew in that moment it was just what I need now.

I can't stand waiting when something needs to be done. It makes me nervous and jittery. Now here I am doing just that. Every night I say I will exercise tomorrow, but I never do. It frustrates me more and more with each passing day. I need to change my attitude.

K.I.S.S is a tool I often use. It means Keep it simple Stupid. I am not saying I am stupid by the way . I do however have a very bad habit of making simple things harder than they really are. When I notice myself doing that I think of K.I.S.S and it helps get me back on track.

Today I need to focus on K.I.S.S. The simple fact is that I have a job to do. I can stand around moaning and groaning or I can grab that push mower and do what has to be done.

"Ever Forward"