This website was supposed to be a blog. No, not this blog. Not the one you’re reading right now. I had a grand vision. I would research all sorts of topics and write interesting articles on what I found. Give you information on minimalism, van remodels, nomad life, social justice, sustainable living, and alternative resources. I would show how to meditate, bring you groundbreaking environmental solutions, and together we would save the world. Well, it turns out that all of those articles have already been written, and they’re full of wonderful, interesting, and useful information.
It didn’t feel right regurgitating all that information. Ok, so maybe I wouldn’t write about anything. I still wanted to share something though. I wanted this website to be useful. So I came up with a newsletter and the Directory where I now share all the wonderful articles, websites, podcasts, videos, etc. that I come across.
But there was still an empty blog where my own content is suppose to be. What am I going to write about now? My husband told me, “Write about what you know.” I thought about that for a long time. What do I know? It didn’t seem like I knew much of anything at first, but the pieces slowly came together.
A few months ago a coworker put in for a new, more prestigious job. That situation is always nerve racking. Do I really want this position? What if I don’t get it? What if I do get it and decide it’s really not what I wanted after all?
He was using me as a sounding board, a position I find myself in a lot with a wide spectrum of people. I said something that must have sounded wise to him. He paused, looked at me, and said, “We need a Book of Tessa.”
“A Book of Tessa?”
“Yeah. You know like the book they give kids in China. That red one… T’ung Shu. You’re always saying this stuff. It should be in a book.”
And so, this is my Book of Tessa. Not that I’m any kind of guru or mystic or anything, but after this conversation I realized what I know. I know about my own journey in finding inner peace. Don’t expect the Book of Tessa to be as ground breaking as T’ung Shu (an ancient book of advice and wisdom). Maybe you’ll get a little nugget of wisdom here or there, or maybe you won’t. But mostly, I hope you read this new blog and know you’re not alone. We’re all searching for the elusive inner peace, and this is my journey.
