The Simple Life

i attended a funeral today, and the minister said something very interesting at the grave site to the entire congregration. i'm not sure how it had anything to do with the context of the funeral service...perhaps because my mind had drifted off to the grieving family members and my memories of this woman and what all she had done for me and my family. he said something very striking and yet so simple to me....something that makes total sense but yet so far out of reach for many people. what he said was this; "Life is easy if you let it be." so, why don't we let it be simple? why do we complicate life? what do we add to our lives that we could really do without? what is keeping you from living the simple life?