My Deepest Drive

When I published The Courage Circle in 2023, the editor asked me what I wanted to put on my bio.

I felt confused.

She suggested I put “lawyer and author” but something did not feel quite right.

Someone suggested I look inside for something that feels deeply true about me “even if it doesn’t make sense”.

The term “activist” came to mind and it felt just right to describe my energy!

At the same time, I knew that I wasn’t an activist in the usual sense of the word.

What I was doing was inquiring about my deepest self and learning how to live in this world. I had started to facilitate Courage Circles, and I was in a constant state of learning from others and Life.

I was active and choosing not to live passively.

I was determined to participate in Life, sharing what I learn, what I see, and staying open to learning from others.

I was finding my peace often, and also losing it often, and then finding it over and over again.

And so, the term “Inner Peace Activist” came to mind which captured both my personal accountability to maintaining my peace and my active participation with Life.

It is no small thing to choose to take responsibility for our own peace.

It is not an easy path!

Choosing to explore our inner world and inner conflicts and to search for ways to resolve them can mean so many things!

It can mean finding help. It can mean setting boundaries. It can mean taking courageous action when we feel we should. It can mean writing books, letting go, speaking up.

It can be truly be anything!

And although I am often at peace, I would not say I am “happy” all the time!

And it certainly does not meant I don’t have challenges.

I have plenty!

What it does mean, for me, is that I mostly walk around Life without internal conflict. There is internal harmony.

And when I do find myself feeling torn, confused, uneasy or anything of this sort (which happens all the time!), I know it is up to me to figure out how to get back to my state of ease.

Sometimes it is simple. Maybe just a little extra sleep.

Other times it’s more complex and major decisions and actions need to be taken for me to re-balance. Sometimes it’s just accepting sadness and letting things go. Sometimes it’s a new project. It can even mean accepting and sitting with the confusion and waiting for some clarity to come.

There’s no formula.

But there does seem to always be a way back to peace whenever I feel “disturbed”.

This is my biggest personal drive.

When I write books, facilitating Circles, exercise, listen to music, and almost anything and everything I do, is because it gives me peace to do so and feels right for my internal harmony.

And this makes more sense to me than being driven by what others think or some other system or rules of how I should live.

These posts also contribute to my peace as they allow me to spend time exploring ideas, and give me the space to share with others.

I truly thank you for being here.

Even thought we have not all met in person, I know that we are connected with an invisible thread.

Wishing you a wonderful Sunday,
Sandy 🌹

P.S. I recorded the post this week for those who prefer to listen.

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