Whatever Happened to the Simple Things in Life? (standard:humor, 901 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Jun 23 2019	Views/Reads: 1439/1081	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Following the Lord is a very simple thing. Just trust Him and he will lead you in a plain path.

I'm not a very complicated person. I like simple things; things nice and
easy. Occasionally I will do a crossword puzzle, but beside that, I 
enjoy the simple life. 

On the other side, the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage is very
complicated. Just when I have everything figured out, I find another 
side of her that I did not know was there. 

I suppose that is what married life is all about; year-by-year
discovering new aspects of your spouse. 

I am very simple minded when it comes to going out to eat. 

When we go to a restaurant, for example, I'm very simple in what I
order. Most of the time I order the same thing because I enjoy what I 
am eating at the time. 

My wife is not quite like that. Ordering her supper is quite a
complicated thing. It takes several minutes to go through the menu and 
then several minutes to think about what she wants to eat. 

Me, I tell the waitress, “I'll have a cheeseburger, French fries and a
Diet Coke.” And that's that. 

“You had that,” my wife will say, “yesterday. Why don't you pick
something different for tonight?” 

I remember one time I made a drastic mistake which I will never repeat.
I said to my wife, “Okay, why don't you choose my supper for tonight?” 

Boy, did she have a time ordering for me. I do not even know what she
ordered, but it was a lot. I saw more on my plate than I could possibly 
eat. Some things on my plate I did not know exactly what they were. I 
was very careful that none of it resembled broccoli. 

I have not made that mistake ever again. However, she often asks me,
“Would you like me to choose your supper for tonight?” 

Since that time, I have reverted to the simple things, especially when
it comes to eating out at a restaurant. 

Once I had to buy some new shirts along with some new ties. For some
reason I went shopping by myself, which in itself is good. 

When I came home that night from my shopping spree, my wife looked at
all the shirts and ties I bought. “You bought these shirts?” 

She looked at the shirts and then at me with both hands on her hips and
said, “These shirts are the same shirts you have in your closet. Why 
didn't you get something different?” 

My assumption is, a shirt is a shirt and if I am going to get a new
shirt, I should get a new shirt that replaces the old shirt. Simple! 

In my simple way of life, I only wear white shirts. I can buy these
shirts and not even have to think about what I am buying. A shirt is a 
shirt and what is wrong with white? 

The next time my wife took me shopping. It was the worst shopping
experience I have ever had. 

We went to the men's clothing store and then the simplicity of life
ended in a crash. My wife spent all afternoon looking at all kinds of 
shirts in all kinds of colors and then trying to find ties that would 
match. I did not know so many colors existed in the world. I do not 
even think the rainbow has as many colors. 

My idea is that a white shirt never draws attention. A shirt of any
color always draws attention to itself. I like to slip in and slip out 
without notice; it is the simple way of doing things. 

When it comes to work, I am rather simple. I start a task and keep at it
and to its finished, then I move on to the next task. I do not like to 
confuse things and so I do everything simply. 



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