Live Simple Poem by Kishore Kumar Das

Recognition, a two-way sword
it kindles fire to achieve something
and then settles as pride
in the vessel of mind
no recognition wages rebellion
and fills with despair
ordinary living has no such problems:
normally mind gets conditioned
either in office or job
which put hurdles to become simple
but when one tunes mind to be simple
and feels ordinary like the common mass
there is no comparison
no competition
no compulsion
mind attains the thoughtless state
work done without expectation
no extra effort needed
to safeguard the status
satisfaction at all time high
one can have lot of friends
mind offloaded from worries
the beauty of living simple
is infinite;
all negative qualities
tend to withdraw from mind
time viewed as opportunity
to do something:
problems surrendered to Him
solutions derived from Him
work viewed as His instruction
living simple:
the greatest lesson learnt in life.