Friday Wisdom – Simple

Posted on 07/28/2017 by Andrew Reynolds

Nothing is as complex as simplicity.

Mini sermon:  In a car you press the brake pedal to stop.  Simple.  But that simplicity is composed of hundreds of mechanical parts that took 100 years of engineering perfect and requires skilled technicians to maintain.  “I love you,” a simple phrase that both enriches and complicates life.  Never underestimate the complexity of simplicity.

More Wisdom next week,

Andrew

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.
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23 Responses to Friday Wisdom – Simple

  1. frederick anderson says:
    07/31/2017 at 10:36 pm

    Erm…very true. In Jordan, when you take your driving test, one of the requirements is that you demonstrate how to stop the car without using your brakes. Just a thought.

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    • Andrew Reynolds says:
      08/01/2017 at 6:50 am

      Interesting point. When I did my driver’s training way back in the last century, we had to answer questions on how to stop a car without brakes, but didn’t have to demonstrate.

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  2. Debra says:
    07/29/2017 at 10:40 pm

    A very wise warning, Andrew! I think you’re on to something here!

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  3. ParentingIsFunny says:
    07/29/2017 at 7:21 am

    This is profound in its simple complexity.

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  4. myquiltprojects says:
    07/29/2017 at 2:35 am

    Things that make you go hmmmmm, yet another great post!

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  5. aspirantgoth says:
    07/28/2017 at 3:21 pm

    This is so true. Nice work.
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  6. C. J. Hartwell says:
    07/28/2017 at 2:51 pm

    Profoundly true, profoundly defined.
    Another truth is how difficult it is to simplify your life. So difficult, most people give up before they even start.

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  7. Allan G. Smorra says:
    07/28/2017 at 8:37 am

    A good message for us to start the weekend. Thanks, Andrew.
    Ω

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  8. dorannrule says:
    07/28/2017 at 8:22 am

    Thinking about this simple sage quote, I am in a state of complex confusion.

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  9. Jacqui Murray says:
    07/28/2017 at 8:13 am

    Well isn’t that wise. I find myself agreeing. There’s nothing simple about love. I’m still figuring it out after 105 years.

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  10. A Simple Village Undertaker says:
    07/28/2017 at 7:37 am

    Reblogged this on A Simple, Village Undertaker and commented:
    Andrew, one of my blogging buddies, shares his Friday wisdom. f was only that simple.

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