Discovering peace and joy

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“DISCOVERING” PEACE AND JOY

Well imagine it’s  Columbus Day and imagine an inspirational and intrepid explorer in 1492 sailed the ocean blue.  Then this  valiant explorer discovered a brand new world.  Wow what a discovery.  Well...I could  write paragraph after paragraph about this shipload  or three sahiploads of nonsense.  You don’t discover something if you sail there and  people are  greeting you from the shore—just saying.  Anyway, the banks are closed and we don’t have mail delivery today which means we have discovered ol’ Chris’s PR machine still lives on.  Since  his story lives on and people. Believe  the story in spite of the facts maybe Columbus discovered politics?

On the other hand, I would  like to  take something positive from this whole thing if possible and that  I suppose is the ability to celebrate “discovery.”  Columbus did set out to find something new.  Perhaps  the biggest problem was. Having found it the effort changed into  stopping the discovery process and starting the defining  process.  In short curiosity  shifted to control way too quickly.  Differences were  discounted and continued learning turned to  competition and conquest.  Possibilities  turned to possessions.  So...let’s. Slow down a minute and  consider discovery as a part of seeking peace and. Joy.  Growth and change are almost  always needed to seek peace and joy and these things  are moved forward by embracing an explorers mindset.  Now you may not get where you are thinking. You are heading but if you keep  building your compass you have a pretty good shot at it eventually.  You may have to  make a few efforts and have a few restarts, yet with the spirit of discovery you will expect to learn while using the tools that. Have. Helped you or you will go with the people who have helped. You up to now.  You  may also knowyour journey will require accepting  some known territory and from time to time  heading off alone.  

You may think  that Google and  YouTube have already discovered everything for you, however I would encourage you to try to discover new things anyway.  Read  a book and discover a new phrase or quote that fits into your experiences and helps you bring meaning to. Them.  Write a poem or a song and discover the rhythm of sounds and words and that you can create.new ones.  Bake a cake but change the. Ingredients just a bit or at least use a different frosting to see what  new tastes you or your friends  will enjoy.  Walk to a new  place or on a new path.  If all thease seem beyond  your reach, then simply slow down and pay more attention to what makes you smile if even for a moment or what makes you ask. Questions —even the ones you. Rarely dare to  ask.  Listen to your own breath and understand  that this is food for your  spirit and share yourself with someone  new as often as you can handle it without losing your  unique gifts.  

You don’t have to sail across oceans  to discover a “new world.”  A great place and great people. To discover are. All around you at almost all times and a new and growing you lies within also calling for you to explore.  

So go forth and discover—the banks might  not be closed to celebrate your journey and yet I suspect your spirit will understand the power of discovery in seeking peace and joy. d your reach simply slow dow. n and