PEACE

     There is a moment for each of us when we are fully engaged in life and we do not think or feel anything. We simply are. We are one with the moment and all that is. We are present. Maybe it's a creative project or singing our favorite song. Maybe it's an athletic endeavor or a quiet car ride through beautiful country.
     This sense of wholeness is available to us far more than we experience it. In fact, it is always available. It's right here and right now. It's in the silent gap between our restless thoughts. It's the simple thoughtless awareness of what is.
     We cannot get there by grasping, but we might through listening; or maybe through stillness, or focused movement- for a brief second or, if we're lucky, for expanded, continuous moments. But it's definitely the place we all want to get to, whether we know it or not, because peace is there, and well-being, and a sense of joy and appreciation. If we shut down our thinking mind, and turn on our sensory awareness, we can get there. It waits for us. It's always available. It's us who wander away and discombobulate ourselves with distractions. Peace is always peace.

I focus my attention on the present moment and experience well-being right where I am.