The response from our community on the issues with which we struggle every day has been profoundly enlightening. Perhaps this reflects that by virtue of our humanity, we are all seekers, we are each on a journey to find serenity and that elusive state of "happiness."
I personally am hearing that "happiness" for me may be very different from someone else. Perhaps a term that I should use more frequently is that of serenity by which I mean a comforting envelope of peace and tranquility while we are buffered by chaos and confusion.
Some of our participants are clearly articulating two signposts on this journey toward peace. Each is unique, each is important, and each can be articulated. For me, they are as follows:
- The gift, the courage, the presence to say "no." We are all busy, we all have relentless demands on our time and energies and if we say "yes" to everything, at the end of the day our tank is dry and there is nothing left.
- The notion of self care. I cannot ever remember through decades of formal education anyone ever telling me to take care of myself. I do not remember a part of the curriculum called self-care 101, and I cannot recall a professor, a teacher or a mentor advising me to throttle back my plans and my ambition. The mantra of today's culture is the relentless acquisition of trinkets and widgets, the relentless to-do list, and the relentless emptiness as we frantically seek that butterfly of happiness.
We have all been reminded to enjoy the journey, to embrace the trip, and not be too concerned about the final destination.
Do these comments ring true and feel "right" or am I out in left field as certainly can happen?
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