My answer was peace of mind. I was in my early twenties. I knew nothing about spiritual growth, was still clinging to my shock-value opinion that there is no God.
Here's me, some sixty years later, and that answer, peace of mind, is truer still, albeit with the clarification, the peace of mind that passes all understanding.
Spiritual growth, and age never discount age, has taught me that we will never have peace of mind until we release our egoic need to be right...or and not wrong.
According to me, peace begins with our inner realization that forgiveness is our sliver of gold no matter life's picture before us. Toward that end, we must first divorce our self from our own opinions birthed in our personal sense of right and wrong.
When we can honestly accept that we spend way too much time obsessing over our uglies, leaving too little time in thanks for our gifts, we can stop ignoring God's pearl within...the nesting place of peace.
The majority of the time today I rest with my mind at peace while still seeking that God-peace that surpasses understanding. Times in between I get a giggle at me still seeking that which I already have.
Love and laugh. There. The pearl beyond price.
Thank you.
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