In My Heart of Hearts

What is it? In your heart of hearts, for what you are looking?

This is a question I often ask myself and finally have an answer.  It is not the same as my mission, which is to take care of my wife and me.  It is how I go about doing that.  The answer now is threefold: peace of mind, activity, and adventure. The answer may have changed over the years but one can't go back.

Peace of mind comes from not having to worry about catastrophic loss, running out of money, and things going wrong that can be prevented. It comes in the form of relationships that nurture, insurance, a realistic budget, cars that run well, and a well maintained house with a good roof.

Activity of any kind that is interesting and productive; there is a long list of them for me; a list that I'm not going to make here. Generally, however, there are categories of activities that I pursue. Practice, including exercise to keep fit and able to participate, chores, study, contact, plotting and scheming (otherwise called planning), and rest.

Adventure does for me what spices do for food, makes life interesting. Peace of mind and activity can become somewhat boring after a while; to enliven things for me I like to go somewhere new or do something different; be in different surroundings. This can be anywhere or anything different in the neighborhood, the locale, the city, county, state, country or international places. It can be a specific item, like a trip or visit, or it can be a new endeavor such as a new play or movie, in which I have a part, or a new job or hobby.

So there it is, the answer to my question. I thought, at first, it was going to take many more words to put it down but there it is; concise and accurately expressing the answer.