Seijaku

Navigating through my life journey was not easy. It was quite a ride going through dead-ends, detours, slippery roads, winding roads, road hazards in forms of emotional struggles, discrimination, losses of many kinds, like divorces and finances, working two jobs as a single mother and raising four children on my own. It never occurred to me to escape my stressful life. I was just focus to keep going including the times I had depression, major or situational that also emphasized high functioning depression, most likely the rationale I was able to carry on with my busy and stressful life…. After my last major depression episode fourteen years ago, I found myself transforming my state of mind by focusing and working on mindfulness. I learned to quiet my mind submerging myself into deep reflective thought of the precious gifts given to me, my life, attributes, talents, blessings. In my quiet state of mind, I am remindful of what I had gone through and mindful that I am here, right now, more thankful, more appreciative, more grounded, more aware that stress is a part of life and we live in a world that reveres busyness, like the path to success, a misconception…. In the midst of a busy day or feeling stressed with stressful circumstances, I detached myself and find my inner calm and when I’m in the calm state of mind, I feel tranquility or the feel of seijaku. When you develop, embrace the seijaku value, or the value of stillness or calm state of mind, your calmness would not be shaken whether you’re at home or someplace else….