“You can’t find peace until you find all the pieces”
I have a blackberry, and although I have been told I don’t use it to its full capacity, it serves me well. I get calls, (my #1 priority for a phone), I can text, I get my emails from my numerous accounts and I can get onto the internet when I’m walking around town (not sure why I need to), oh, and I do use the camera on occasion. But my favorite feature is the capacity to write myself notes. I have restaurants that I want to try, E’s clothing sizes, quotes, events that I want to attend, things that catch my eye, to do lists, ideas that just pop into my head (and there are many), things that my daughter has me on the hunt for, the color lipstick I want to try, and on and on. It has replaced all the scraps of paper that I use to carry around or the million cute little notebooks that I’ve brought just for that purpose but when I need them they are in another handbag. My Blackberry is one way that I’ve made my life a little easier. In it today I found the quote above. I’m not sure where I heard it but I’m sure it moved me as much when I heard it the first time as it did today It has me thinking about peace and when do we actually have/find peace. I thought that peace was maybe having people not give me a hard time or having things go my way. Not so. I realize now that I can’t control anyone’s actions but my own and trying to will give me anything but peace. I have been working on finding the pieces for a while, making myself the best that I can be. I know that at the end of the day I can truly say that I’ve done my best. I do fall short sometimes but for the most part I realize that doing my best is far better that being the best. So, as I look for the pieces to complete the puzzle that is me, I hope not only to continue to find peace but to be a peaceful influence on others. After all, I do have the hippy sandals….
