lost_in_this_world Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 How do I find it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little2add Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) Being a good Catholic. Treat others with respect and courtesy . Help others , live selflessly. Be honest 47 minutes ago, lost_in_this_world said: How do I find it? Basically follow the teaching and practices of Jesus Christ Edited February 11, 2019 by little2add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysostom Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 What I’m aiming for is perhaps less happiness but rather peace. They’re close, virtually feeling identical at times but not at other times. Happiness can wash over me like a wave and then move on...the same with sadness. If I have peace, I can bear with both. For me, who have so much trouble doing what I ought, there is no peace quite like the peace of a clean conscience, coupled with a constant and conscious yearning for the presence of God. The true bodily presence of Christ in the tabernacles of His churches has become a mental home of sorts. Same with Mary. I did a total consecration to her last year, it felt like a missing piece in my life just fit into place. It helps me to find time to stop whatever I’m doing for five minutes or whatever, and just sit there and think about them. It’s a tiny little flame I have to blow on sometimes. Anyways, I have no idea whether that’s helpful, but I hope you find happiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islander Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Sometimes you have to keep the world at bay. My deeply solitary lifestyle helps. Deep peace and content that is more than silence at night here when there is no noise, just the ocean and the moon and stars. I can sit abed knitting and reading and pause in a deep quiet content and peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraceUk Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 That sounds idyllic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islander Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 On 2/27/2019 at 3:50 PM, GraceUk said: That sounds idyllic. It can be in moments... just now we have a screaming gale raging and I am unwell.. but later in the night peace will come. Just let it in? Stop trying to be.... anything! We try too hard and push peace away. He is always there. Always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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