Stalking Well-Being
By Allan Hamilton, MD, FACS – Neurosurgery, Radiation Oncology, Psychology, and Equine Therapy

I think a lot about spirituality. I write about it. I lecture about it. And yet, like so many people, I know the struggle of finding well-being. In fact, I’m not an expert on finding well-being, though I may be an authority on searching for it. I recognize its tracks. I stalk it. I rarely catch it, and when I do, I never can seem to hold on to it for long.

From my experiences, I can share a few simple assertions I’ve made during the process of stalking well-being for most of my adult life:

Anyone who claims to have found the answers, hasn’t. There never is one way, one solution to finding well-being. Just as each one of us finds love in different ways, we discover inner peace by different paths. One size does not fit all.

The secret to well-being is simple: simplicity. The few individuals whom I have met who really seem to really possess inner peace have one thing in common. They found peace when they simply gave up trying. If you search too hard for well-being, you’ve lost it. The trick to inner peace is to stop looking. Then it is there.

It’s peaceful to be at peace. Just because well-being may be evanescent, doesn’t mean it isn’t always there. We all find tranquility, even if for a few moments. Live in those moments. Develop the habit of well-being. Recognize what it feels like, then let go. Drift in it. Let it carry you away.