THE SIMPLE LIFE

I have come to realize that people see me as simple. People have even called me simple. Poor simple me.

Have you ever read one of those books where the big city person moves to the country and just loves the simple life and the simple country people? Somehow underlying all that admiration for the simple country folk is a certain feeling of superiority that they carry. As if the simple folk would not understand the complexities that they've left behind. As if a country person's IQ might not be high enough to navigate the more high tech world that they came from.

Some of us simple folk have a secret but you wouldn't believe us if we told you.

You can't learn to be simple. It's no use pretending to be simple. You just have to be simple.

It's harder than you think.