Making Peace

For some reason I find that my mind easily goes to the 'what if this was better' about various parts of my life. I constantly look for things that could be improved, or with some sort of adjustment, there would be a radical perfection over the way life just...is.

In a personal challenge, hoping for the best outcome, but with very little control over the situation, I was given the advice, "do everything you can, but make peace with what could happen." Now, a year later, those words "make peace, make peace, make peace" ring over and over in my head like a mantra. Isn't that what we are all trying to do? We are all just trying, desperately to make peace with our situations. But, what is it that tears us away from that peace, why is there so much making, and not as much peace?

In our current 2013 world, most of us have smart phones with 3G/4G/LTE speedy connections. Whatever our connections, our brains are quick to jump from one topic to the next, with the hope that we will receive positive feedback, or some sort of feedback. This, "connection" seems to keep us going. This is the 'making' part. We are used to moving, making, working, controlling, acting upon something. We are not so used to what can come with the 'peace' part.

Peace has very different meanings for different people. While it can mean a variety of specific things, it has a general meaning of space, of stopping, of finding the calm within the storm. We try, I try to 'make peace' all the time. But, what if I just stopped and looked for the peace that is inherently there, within every situation, no matter the visible chaos that surrounds it.

The current auto-survive mode of stress, control, technologically-connected-real-time-disconnected feels like the storm, the chaos, the 'making' part. But within that there is a calm, a quiet, a peace that is cored into it, being a part of a bigger balance. When we are able to see that, when we are able to find that piece of ourselves, then we can see it everywhere, finding peace amidst any situation that may arise. Yes, there are tools to develop this, to give your mind space to find those moments of peace. Meditation, yoga, acupuncture but those are simply tools, reminding your body and mind how to do something it already knows.