Aug/091
teaching teaches teacher
The bad news: I believe most people are well-adjusted, yet somewhat discontented with life. They’ve got some combination of jobs, homes, families and health perhaps, but are still unhappy overall. Nothing is good enough.
There’s always the quest for more. Most are searching for something outside of themselves to make them happy; to fill the void; to ease the pain (on the inside). Hence, the high prevalence of the many vices, devices, & distractions people employ to “escape.”
The big questions are: What is the source of this pain? And is this source common to most of us? The “answers” will vary of course depending on who you talk to.
The good news: A lot of people successfully create lives that do not require escape. It appears that those who are content with, and have found serenity in their lives (regardless of the specific source of the serenity), are the richest people in the world because they have what everyone wants.
Sharing some hope and some tools to attain this contentment and serenity, while pursuing it yourself, is a noble life’s work.
I’ve heard it said that “teaching, teaches, teacher” – and so it goes…
No one has all the answers… but I’ve found it serendipitous contributing to the conversation.
It’s why I do what I do. Thanks very much for reading, and keep coming back.
©2009 Tom Leu
Aug/080
the longest journey
True contentment and serenity are matters of the heart. We
cannot think them into place; try as we might. Everyone needs to make some changes from time to time to cure what ails us. Genuine change begins in the mind but has to travel down to the heart to have lasting impact. The behavior follows the thinking. It’s been said that the longest journey is the 18 inches between the head and the heart. Intellectual knowledge turned into emotional wisdom is where real progress and breakthroughs are made. It’s not enough to know it; we have to experience it for it to be real to us.

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