Happy March! Change is in the air and right around the corner. Daylight savings time hits this time next week(don’t forget to turn those clocks FORWARD when you go to bed next Saturday night) and the 1st day of spring is but 2 1/2 weeks away, on March 20th. Yay!

Spring. Flowers blooming, the 1st lawn morning of the year and the smell of fresh-cut grass; little league fields full of kids playing and parents cheering them on…what’s not to love! Spring? I am ready!

A couple of weeks ago, Joyce, Noah and I went to the Ohio Amish country for a little overnight getaway. We love that area: Berlin, Sugarcreek and Walnut Creek. There’s something about that way of life that I totally respect. It’s a simple way of life. Work, family, faith and food. Really good food! Lol!

Whenever we are there, it makes me question my own life. We have SOOO many modern conveniences compared to the Amish. Would I be better off if I took a step back, slowed down and…? Would quality of life improve? Could I “hack it?” Maybe. Doubtful.

Let’s look at it this way: in an effort to improve my life, perhaps I should REMOVE something instead of adding something in order to improve. Perhaps “less IS more.” Perhaps stepping back DOES allow us to move forward. Hmm.

So Jeff, how does this all tie together? What does “simple” have to do with the coming of spring? Well-just my opinion here-I think we all need some pruning. You prune a plant in order to allow it to flourish and grow. Maybe, just maybe, we need to do the same.

Be well,

Jeff