Big Peace December Day 13
Yesterday's Big Peace task was to enjoy yourself for an hour. Why?
Studies show that we are most at peace when we are doing what we
most like to do.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a psychologist from the University of
Chicago, studied thousands of people for more than 30 years to
discover what makes OUR LIVES meaningful and satisfying.
From his research he wrote a book called Flow (Rider, £12.99) -
which he describes as a narrowing of attention, a sense of being
absorbed, and a feeling of transcendence. Any activity can lead to
flow, playing a game, listening to music, but it must be an activity
that we love.
One of my theories is that we cannot find our 'missing peace'
because we are completely out of the flow in our own lives. We don't
do anything that we love any more. Instead, we spend our lives
pleasing others.
We're putting our lives on hold because we're tap dancing to
someone else's tune or being so busy with our lists of shoulds that
all we can do is sink down at the end of the day, exhausted
and brittle. (or is that just me?!)
Today indulge yourself for another hour -
revisit the list of 10 things you most like to do
and choose another activity that you want to do
versus the huge list of things that you think you
should.
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