Which are you focused on securing?

"This field, this game, is a part of our past, Ray.  It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be good again.  Oh people will come, Ray.  People will most definitely come. ... They'll pass the money over without thinking about it.  For it's money they have and peace they lack."-- Terence Mann character in the movie, "Field of Dreams"

An amazing movie - a powerful metaphor.  Ray built his baseball field (the nostalgic place in which he could find peace with his father and the past) in the middle of his cornfield, in the face of all conventional wisdom and the numerous naysayers, simply because he was instructed to, in a simple, yet powerful inner voice that said, "Build it, and they will come."  He risked everything, gave it everything, and rediscovered everything that was important to him.  And people flocked, willing to pay money to see it, touch it, understand it, because they had focused their energy on securing money vs. securing peace and fulfillment in their lives, and they were now willing to pay the former for a brief experience of the latter. 

It begs the question, "What are we focused on securing in our lives?"  We cannot secure our peace through the pursuit of money, or even through securing large quantities of it, but enough money can find its way to us when we surrender to our peace.  Thanks for the reminder, S.W.