Sometimes my life can get too complex. It may be because too much is going on. Perhaps it is something like the beginning of a new school year or a holiday season. Sometimes it is self-inflicted. For those of us who have a hard time saying, “no,” life can become too demanding. Busyness is always a sign that life is bordering on being too complex. But I am aware that complex lives cannot simply be equated with busy lives. For some people, it is the opposite extreme, namely, boredom. I know some people who, in their own words, “are bored to death.” Obviously they are not literally dead. But their boredom is a form of being dead---a kind of pre-mortem deadness. They are as good as dead. When I sense complexity is becoming a pressing life issue for me, I know it is ti...