I have been thinking a lot about peace lately. Who has it? Who wants it? How
much of it is needed? How to get it?
How valuable is feeling peaceful in life?
I have come to the conclusion that basically if you feel peace everything else
just falls into place. The rest- it's all peanuts. Right?
So what is peace? What is it exactly? And if it is so valuable than how do you
manage to make it part of your life-and quickly?
If you have never had much-can your order it by mail in retrospect and get even
more for all the years you were ripped off from this exceptional feeling?
And the people who have it and feel it everyday are they missing out on "bigger
and better" things and one day their peaceful states will end and the world will
come crashing down on them and say:
" You know you were too peaceful and happy and content all those years so NOW it
is payback time!!!"
Or is peace, and joy and acceptance a state in itself that has no real beginning
or end?
Is peace something you need to practice or is it learned? Is it like red hair
that is handed out to some and not to others? A chosen special few?
Where does it come from exactly and how do you get it? I look at the people
around me and most don't have it either. But I also seem to attract a few
really close people around me who do have this golden, coveted, illuminated
state around them and be able to live in it in what seems like an endless
perpetual state. No matter what else is going on in their lives.
I have decided to find out and get some for myself. I want to order whatever she
is having-it looks good.
So why is it some of our hearts get to be peaceful and some of our hearts don't
seem to possess that natural rhythm?
How is someone with both good and bad parts of life get to think peaceful and
serene thoughts and smile and feel joy... while others who appear to have it
all run, around in circles trying to make their brain stop thinking, and
critiquing and searching 24 hrs per day? Get to have brains in a constant
unpeaceful -somewhat neurotic states? That does not seem to be fair now does it?
Anxiety meds? A good yoga class? Happiness? Better sex? A good massage?
And how can you not have Peace when life is Perfect? How can that possibly be?
Is it something that happens to you as a kid that does not give you the right to
this feeling? Or something that does not happen? If you don't even know what
causes peace what hope in hell do you have of giving it to your own children?
Can peace be shared? If someone has a lot can they give you half? Give you some?
A tiny little piece-even for a day so you know what you may be missing?
Often I associate peace with "Whatever" people. People who go through life
....pretty much not getting stressed about much.....and thinking "whatever will
be will be". To be honest...I used to be more critical of this seemingly
clueless (although blissful) attitude. I used to think these" whatever" people
were seriously missing out on something.
But I am now starting to ponder if "whatever" is the actual state that one must
be in to invite peace into their lives permanentely. Is whatever less of what I
assume to be repression and more a state of acceptance?
Is possible to be whatever and also to be deliberate, minty and influential too?
I think it is. Actually I am now convinced it is. I have let enough whatever
people deep into my heart and soul lately to know that these people are pure and
utterly powerful, wonderful, beautiful, remarkable gems. These people have silent power. They will let you shine-but they are the light.
So just like happiness can be learned in some ways..I feel peace can be taught.
I think unlike happiness which many of us through a lifetime have some
experience with-peace may need to be approached quite differently.
You may have to ask for peace in your life. You may have to get down on your
knees and outright beg for it.
Peaceful people unfortunately don't necessarily realize that they might need to
share and teach and give you some of these important lessons. They might very
peacefully and happily sit back and let you come to them and ask.
When you are good and ready. If you ever get there that is. And if you don't, that surely won't fluster them either.
So yes I think peace is a very big part of happiness in life. To accept. To
Trust. To Feel. To Be. To Smile. To feel good. To repress. To forgive. To
forget. To linger a little longer. To love a little more. To accept those around
you for who they are.
To accept yourself for who you are and who you will never be.
To be ok with that.
It sounds like a wonderful thing to aspire to. However if I am really being
honest with myself as much as I want peace to be part of my life and know it
would be good for me....it just sounds a bit dull too. Maybe peace isn't for
everybody?
But, it would certainly be nice to try it-to then know for sure. I would like very much to experience what peace feels like.
I am quite sure I will never be a Whatever Girl, however I would certainly like to care less a whole lot more often.
I would like to trade half of my saavy and strategic nature for plain old peace. Is that too much to ask?
Whatever. It's all good.
