Finding happiness in simplicity

While reading Goodbye, Things by Fumio Sasaki (for the second time, and I am sure I'll read it many more times), I came across this quote from Albert Einstein:

'A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?'

I love this quote, as it shows how simple and attainable happiness can be.  Just about all of us have access to the first three items in Einstein's quote, but we could change the fourth item for any activity that makes us happy.  For example, an artist could say:

'A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a set of paints; what else does a man need to be happy?'

I think happiness can become overcomplicated and we can be led to believe that to be happy we need more stuff, upgraded equipment, and more adulation, etc.  However, just as Einstein shared, happiness can be found in simplicity and doing the things we truly enjoy.  #happinessinsimplethings #findinghappiness

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