We are seeking peace
with ourselves
and with our life.
The path to that end is simple:
Stop wanting what you want,
and start wanting
what you ought to want instead!
Start with sitting still
and being quiet,
seeking the right kind of
emptiness/stillness/silence.
Listening to yourself,
to your body,
to your life.
Teach yourself to live in a quiet,
attentive,
looking/listening,
seeing/hearing,
kind of way.
Check out Ann Wieser Cornell's
web site
and her book,
"The Radical Acceptance of Everything."
And start doing what you know
needs to be done,
when,
where,
and how it needs to be done
whether you want to or not,
whether you feel like it or not,
whether you are in the mood for it or not.
Your intuition is right here, now.
Your original nature is right here, now.
Your virtues/virtuosities
(The things you do best
and enjoy doing most)
are right here, now.
That is all you need
to find your way
to the life you need
to be living.
Which is the path to peace
with yourself
and your life.
Getting you together
with yourself and your life
is the solution to all of your problems
today, every day, forever.
Wanting what you ought to want,
doing what needs to be done.
The only thing standing in your way
is you.
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy 