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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Nash on July 02, 2006, 09:58:17 PM
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Okay lets face it: There's gonna be no way that I go out on a fishing trip and not come back with gibberish such as this....
... but I think I'm finally at peace with myself.
(cue the fireworks, the choir, and stadiums around the world full of soccer fans doing the wave)
Yeah.
It really does sound ghey, but it's a huge deal to me - because it has always been so foreign.
For some people - they just seem blessed with the ability to grasp the most basic things that have always eluded me. Being at peace with oneself is one such thing.
I heard this guy being interviewed quite a few years ago, and what he said has always stuck with me. He said: "For a lot of years, I couldn't take a deep breath - and now I can."
Do you know what he's talking about? Those deep breaths? Those one-in-a-thousand breaths that completely fill your lungs, and you exhale with absolute contentedness..... peace?
I used to take deep breaths all the time. But for many, many years, I couldn't muster one of those if I even tried.
And now I can do them at will.
Here's been my trick to deep breaths:
I pay my bills on time.
I call my family regularly.
I run a good, fun, healthy place to work - people don't call in sick or show up late.
I do some kind of physical activity every day.
I set moral and ethical guidelines for myself and do not stray from them
.......... and uhm.... there's lotsa other stuff, but it's just as boring as what I've already listed.
Anyways... it could all change, but for the time being, I think I'm at peace with myself. It's pretty good.
How about you? Are you at peace with yourself?
If not, why not?
If so, how so? What's your trick?
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I'm at peace with myself, it's everyone else I'm at war with.;)
Seriously though, I like to hunt & fish, even if I don't see or catch anything at all, it's calming. Those deep breaths you refer too for me is the releasing of stress, the relaxing....AHHHhhhhh It's the same for me anytime I'm alone in nature hiking in the mountains or canoeing on a river.....AHHhhhhhh:aok
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Sailing, that's all I have to say.
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Inner peace...something we all strive for? Or is it something that some people have and don't realise it?
For me it's like you; pay bills, take care of what you have to take care of and, even more, other things that might not be in your scope of responsibility.
It's hard sometimes. There are alot of people that have no concept of inner peace and try to take yours, be it material or emotional. For the first time in a very, very long time I have found "some" inner peace but I can't say I've found the secret recipe that guarantees you that state of grace that seems so elusive on a long-term basis.
I'm not mad at the world anymore. I'm not mad at anything anymore really. It's so easy to be mad or angry all the time and that was a hard lesson for me to learn. Seems that anytime I let my guard down, I got taken for a ride. So many bad souls out there just looking for an inch of vulnerability and they use that to exploit you to their advantage.
I don't think I'll ever have complete inner peace, at least not til I draw my last deep breath on this world. But I am ok with that. One day at a time, one problem at a time.
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Inner peace for me:
Sitting at my computer in the pre-dawn morning, sipping my coffee, relaxing before the day gets hectic.
Running in the park, focused on the natural beauty that is around me, feeling the high of endorphins.
Scuba diving in the ocean, looking back in time at what the Earth was like millions of years ago, looking at the the alien creatures around me that we call fish and coral.
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Guess I'm with Lasersailor on this one - for me it's that moment when you've just motored out of harbour, engine off, sails up - boat picks up and you've got the whole ocean ahead.
Big deep breath followed by cheesy grin.
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Still, cold Fall mornings....wrapped up in layers of insulated clothing....breath smoking...senses focused on my surroundings....listening.... watching...sun just beginning to peak through red-gold leaves...the occasional acorn dropping to the ground...the blood-quickening and scarcely heard sound of an unidentified footfall in the leaves...
...and a full meat pole.
:D
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Seems to me it is all about recognizing those moments. No one is content all the time, but I think the happiest people are the ones who see those brief seconds of bliss and appreciate them.
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Originally posted by Brenjen
I'm at peace with myself, it's everyone else I'm at war with.;)
:rofl
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nash... the "goals" you set for yourself are indeed the minimum you need for inner peace. You and I would go about these goals in a different way but the goals are not wrong.
You might add..... don't worry so much about what the other guy is doing if it is not evil.
Quitting mood altering substances is also a must....
Being told that you are going to die very soon is a wakeup call for some... Just breathing is a big deal in that case.
grandkids...even more than kids...
If you can't deal with mobs then don't live around em.
If you are ever bored then you are either at work or not at peace with yourself.
It is like when I had my leg ripped off and reattached.... 2 years in plaster.... couldn't walk for three. I walk every day now at least a couple of miles.
learn to feel fortunate. I have allways felt fortunate but maybe someone reading about my life would dissagree.... To me... even the worst of events seem not as bad as they could have been.
like near death... divorce can be a good thing.
laugh a lot. make fun of arrogant and vicious people. Kid with your friends..
hell.... I don't know.... what the hell have you ever had to be upset about in the first place anyway?
lazs
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It`s moments such as these when the obviously contradictory set themselves up as the sooth sayer of the highest order of the temple of BS.
Comedy always does it for me. :D
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Early mornings and sunsets for me. A full day of jumping, beer at the campfire, surrounded by like minded people...
There's just something great about being physically drained in a positive way, mentally full, with good company and excellent scenery.
That's where I have inner peace. Most of the rest is just necessary fluff.
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Early mornings and sunsets for me. A full day of jumping, beer at the campfire, surrounded by like minded people...
There's just something great about being physically drained in a positive way, mentally full, with good company and excellent scenery.
That's where I have inner peace. Most of the rest is just necessary fluff.
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^^ that, or if/when I'm realy high ;)
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I just remind myself, when necessary, that whether or not it is clear to me,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
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The little things....
The smell of my daughter's hair when she gets out of the bath.
Watching my son ride his bike without training wheels for the first time.
Very late nights when I'm drawing, and I get a sudden burst of inspiration.
When I'm in the vette and the perfect song comes on the radio for the road I'm driving.
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Nash,
My favorite time of the day is usually abou 3:30 AM monday through friday. Most normal poeple would hate this time but it is my absolute favorite. It's usually this time everymorning that I'm sitting on the back porch having my morning cup of coffee and smoking my first cig. This is where I take my mental etchesketch and shake it up so I can redraw today's picture.
This is the only time I'm at peace because for the next 14-18 hours I'm balls to the walls 110% intensity at work with no time to be tired.
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ah yes....inner peace
What is the sound of one hand clapping?;)