"Simplicity in life" in todays' the Sun.

I love reading a short article on the Sun paper today titled "Simplicity in life". It's almost the same as my blog title, which is all about my life in this current phase.

It says "Simplicity is an attractive quality. Those who remain simple and clear in how they think, interact and live their lives attract others to be the same. Greatness is revealed through being simple.", written by Bridget Menezes.

Extraction of the short column, "In simplicity, there is inner beauty, purity and clarity. Truth is always simple and profound. The words and actions of a person who treasures simplicity are straight-forward and transparent and such a person becomes a model for others to emulate. He is unswayed by shallow desires and hence, free from greed."

I always like to remind myself of that. And hopefully, my kids to understand and practice that as a virtue.

However, my hub is not quite thinking at the same level. He thinks, when one is contented and happy at the comfort zone, then he would only be remaining at that while the rest of the people rise above him, and in the end, poor becomes poorer while rich becomes richer. He's also influenced and pressured very much by his peers and the status that they achieve judging from the cars they drive, homes they live in and social status they are in.

I am torn at the middle, unsure how I should balance keeping to my simple ideology of a simple life, yet being the supportive wife I should be (morally) so my hub could attains more, without being too pressured and struggling too hard to live happily.