Expressing Peace. Keeping Busy. 64.
The Flow
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It’s maybe even more than just keeping busy.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, said “…happiness does not simply happen to us. It’s something that we make happen, and it results from doing our best.”
Csikszentmihalyi refers to more than just keeping busy. During his flow, people experience deep enjoyment, creativity and a total involvement with life. Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced “chick sent me high”, btw) sees happiness as the emotional/psychological product of the flow.
I would say it’s peace and Peace. When we keep busy we are likely to experience peace. When we attach our awareness to the human moment peace we experience, we are likely to connect it to spiritual Peace.
Keeping busy means being focused. That means paying attention to whatever the present task is. The more attentive, even intensive, we are to what we’re doing, the more likely we are to enter the flow.
That’s when we have a steady supply of all types of energy. That’s when we are not concerned with how much time we’ve spent or how much time we have left. That’s when we realize our creative juices are flowing, too. Ideas pop in our heads; maybe not rocket science ideas, maybe just a better way to arrange the cups in the dishwasher.
While we are immersed in all of that — indeed, while we are creating flow that surrounds us — nothing else matters. As we engage our body, mind, and emotions so fully in keeping busy, none of the Day -to-Day Concerns or the Big World Worries plague us. What better real-time, real-life description of peace?
I invite you to reflect on an instance when you were busy, perhaps truly in the flow. Reflect on what it was like: how it felt, where it took you, what it meant to you afterward.
Why not put those reflections into praying?
Creator of Flow,
when I am so involved in doing that I lose track,
I must know peace.
When I know peace and realize the freedom
from all the bothers I create,
I can know Peace.
Aware when I am so engaged
that nothing matters and
aware when nothing matters
is to be at peace,
I am aware of the Peace of which you made me matter.
Creator, keeping busy is a blessing
filled with quiet moments of peace.
Thank you, GOD.
And so it is. Amen. Amen.
Enjoy Peace. Express Peace.
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