Finding Peace

I believe that for every question, there is an answer; within every struggle, there is peace to be found. True peace can be found through acceptance, but sometimes we just struggle until we have to stop and change our own trajectory. 

I believe that there is value in each struggle that comes our way. Of course, we may not see this right away. When I live my life thinking about what may come about to challenge me next, I will be living in fairly constant stress. I experienced this by wrecking my Subaru and having to drive an unreliable car for which I had intentionally avoided maintenance. In the end, it definitely was costly, but I got through that one. My car is working well. Every time I get in it, I feel real gratitude.

I wonder why it seems that right after one struggle is over, another pops up. Well, I think it was always there. That happens when I put off “maintenance” of my life. I, and I am here implying you also, put off those daily practices that help us keep our lives running creatively instead of reactively. When we are reacting to “emergencies”, we have been missing our daily maintenance practices for body, mind, and Spirit.

I hope all of this seems as amusing to you as it does to me. Sometimes, all you can do is laugh at yourself. I do not know why I do what I do, much less anyone else. I rarely drink coffee, but in the last two weeks, I have had more coffee than in my whole life! It gives me a little lift that feels good, and I get it without doing my exercises or yoga! Oh yes, without my daily maintenance practices. I can just hear you thinking, “Where have you been?”

Blessings on your journey. May it be the adventure that your soul was hoping for!

Annie