SUSAN DANE

In all our pursuits, we are really seeking peace, aren't we? Financial security seems not to bring us peace. Not really. Nor for the most part do our relationships. Personal acclaim doesn't do it either, or our advancing careers. When it comes right down to it, our quest for peace is our quest to be at home with ourselves. The other stuff - money, cars, homes, raises, status, and praise - is so much stuffing without the turkey: satisfying for a time, but unable to fill us in a way that lets us become at ease with ourselves, content, and untroubled.