All of these pleasant things that we like to acquire and to have to give us a sense of security and status, respectability, health, all these pleasant things fail eventually to convince us that they constitute our true self. They are not who we are. And therefore, at that moment, whatever it is we see is our next step – of course it would be different for different people in different circumstances – but as soon as we begin to see what our next step should be we begin to simplify our life. To simplify means to focus. It means to decide for something and not just to keep your options open.
( Finding Oneself 1 Laurence Freeman )
