Peace of Mind (Joy)

From the very first time we become consciously aware and can articulate our own thoughts, we are put into a situation where all influences push us to WANT MORE...  this idea of wanting more is nothing more than GREED.

As we grow older we want more expensive birthday and Christmas presents.  After high school we go to college because we can earn more with a college degree than with a high school diploma.  Our first job, we want a new car and if married a new house, but the house has got to be bigger than the one we grew up with.

While all of this is taking place, we are inundated with religious indoctrinations that our only course of salvation, redemption, and an afterlife is by accepting Jesus into our lives.

Then, when and if, we retire, we are constantly searching for things to do so that we don't bored, or become too lazy which is not good for either our physical or mental health.

All of a sudden, we find ourselves at 80 years of age; our children are out of the house and on their own, and our grandchildren are old enough not to want to spend that much time with the grandparents.   We might play a little golf; we might go out to dinner with friends; we might go on vacation, and we might invite friends over for a drink and conversation.

BUT...  we wonder about the purpose of life.  We wonder about our purpose in life.  We finally understand that religion does not provide us with any answers, and we begin to doubt if there is any truth in religion or ever was.  We struggle with our own identity because we just don't have any answers and life just seems to be more than what we have experienced so far.

IS THIS ALL THERE IS???

Unfortunately, society has created our anxiety and rather than listen to ourselves, we listened to society.

Some of us on the other hand, did not listen to society and went our own way and was criticized by those around us for not being more ambitious.  However, when we turned 80, there was no anxiety.  

We were comfortable with who we were/are and what we had become.   We were not pushed along by Greed and we accepted a simply lifestyle rather than one that was complex.

In so doing, we achieved HAPPINESS, PEACE OF MIND, and our life was full of JOY because we were alive and appreciated everything around us.  There are still disappointments and heartaches as that is just part of life.

We are content and at ease with ourselves and who we are...  needing very little...  life is what it is and not what you want or try to make of it.