Where is your freedom?

In a few days, I’m heading to another meditation retreat in Croatia.

I love retreats.

They make me feel more open, connected, and at peace. 

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Every time I go, I come back lighter.

But when a friend asked if I’d join another one soon after, I said no.

I joked that I didn’t want to become a “retreat junkie”.

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It’s easy for me to search for growth in faraway places. 

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Another country.

Another adventure. 

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The truth is, I often find just as much peace sleeping in my own bed,  sticking to a simple routine, and seeing good old friends a few times a week.

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Travel and adventure can be seductive.

They make life exciting.

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But they can also pull us away from the quiet discipline that gives our lives structure, health, and peace

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Freedom for me is the ability to move. To do whatever I want whenever I want.

But there is a deeper freedom. Freedom from mind. An ability to be fully present.

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Not needing to move to find something somewhere else.

Because everything there is to find is there within you.

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How about you? What grounds you when life keeps tempting you to move again?

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