Do we honestly take the time anymore to seek for peace? Are we REALLY so busy that we can’t take a few minutes to slow down for peaceful moments?
Our lives are such busy tornadoes of activities, meetings, sporting events, extra-curricular activities, and driving hither and yon trying to keep up with everyone’s lists of activities, and jobs, and the carousel seems to spin faster and faster until you either fall off, or throw up…..(or both).
Why are we so busy ALL the time? Is it any wonder why we have so many sleep aids on the market? Is it any wonder why we have more and more stress related illnesses? Is it any wonder why we have such a demand for anti-anxiety chemicals?
I took three days off a couple of weeks ago, and aside from the continual calls from the office, it was rather enjoyable. However, I caught myself several times thinking of everything I wanted to cram into the three days, and getting tense trying to figure out how to do it all, that I have to literally jump in the pool fully clothed to change my perspective.
Life comes at us one breath at a time for a reason. Time was invented so everything doesn’t happen to us all at once. And yet we try to suck all the breath out of living at one time, and we try harder and harder to defy time so we can do more.
I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to search for some peace! I need to step back and take a deep breath one at a time. Maybe even slow down enough to howl at the moon.
Such a good point, you’re making. And I think you should slow down and howl at the moon. That is clearly so much more healthy than stressing about trying to do everything at the same time.
For some reason it has become a symbol of status to be busy, it’s like you’re nothing if you’re not oh so busy doing this and that. Your level of succes is messured in how busy you are. That is such a shame. But what can we do to change that? Nothing really. We can only slow down by our self and then take the “being less important”-lack of status from society straight up. And then naturally hope that it will become a trend someday to be less busy
I’m beginning to learn, and it’s a long hard road, to deal with the important and let go of the insistent. We only get a few turns around the Sun, so why clutter them?
i find much peace every morning during my time with God and then at night as I go and photograph the sunset and sit on my truck and just be without any stimulation other than the beautiful colors of the setting sun!
Your peace is always with you like a core of quiet serenity so just focus on exspanding that core with every breath you take.
I love doing nothing – today my plans are pretty much to look at the clouds drifting.. and breathe
I like that plan. Relax, breathe, and let the stress flow out of you.
Exactly – silence is a beautiful sound
The sounds of nature’s orchestra is the most beautiful symphony I’ve ever heard.
This morning I woke up with the most amazing sense of well being, as though I was in line with the world, and it with me. Sometimes I have trouble slowing down and being in the moment but like a gift, this morning I accepted it and read the paper, enjoyed my coffee, sat outside and looked at the boats on the lake. Peaceful moments should be treasured and harvested when we can. Nice post.
Treasure these moments. They are far too few and far between. It’s not easy slowing down sometimes, but it’s always worth it.
Such a beautiful post! I can’t live without peace and quite. Of course that is not always possible, but at those times a good night sleep offers me the peace i need. I have to say thouth that i live in a small town, and my job is not that demanding so i guess i have the luxury to at least be able to look for peace….
This reminds me of an essay by Bertrand Russell I just finished reading — called “In Praise of Idleness”…it’s a great read to really take time for leisure instead of working or even taking days off work with the notion to do something other than to just enjoy oneself.
I have marked this post in my favorites. The reason why is that I believe I will be referring back to it time and again in my very near future. I am currently working full-time (Yea Me!) and classes resume on the 27th of August. I have Never worked and gone to school, both full-time, and I get a bit anxious when I think about it. How will I possibly have enough time to do all of my obligations, have time for my blog, my boys, and myself. I mean, I do have to bathe and to eat and I would think I would need a little time to drain my bladder at least once or twice a week. Yikes! This post will help me to remember to just breathe and stay on course. Life isn’t a race. It isn’t, is it?
-Cindy
P.S. How have You been? I have missed you!