[Simplicity]
“To
be very unobtrusive, and very insignificant, always striving for more
simplicity.” (Etty Hillesum, April 1942)
to
be very attentive
and
very near, listening
even
when at some distance
to
leave out the extras
and
the showy quotes,
to
say what needs being said
to
contribute in your own words
joining
all other words in passing
regardless
of signature
to
refrain from grand gestures
and
general namedropping
by
keeping to the point
to
set aside every machine
and
all their screens and links
and
learn to breathe
to
stop before your inner mood
to
register that others too
endure
such moods alone
to
recognise tensions
their
sources and hold back
deescalate,
dwell and wait
to
walk very carefully
to
belong in the landscape
and
observe all things closely
to
learn when not to speak
when
to bite the tongue
and
when from talk to stop
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