My inner peace is founded in my religion. I like reading inspirational verses in the bible that inspires me and encourages me to be the best I can be. I find solace in the verses where God lets me know that I am not alone in my heart ache, or my struggles. That He is near to me when I have a broken heart. He forgives me when I do wrong and is merciful to me when I deserve to be punished. He is a God of second chances, and He wants to be merciful to me. In order to be forgiven I must forgive those who hurt me. I must obey.
Can you have inner peace when you have something against someone who hurt you? No.
Holding ill feelings against someone who caused you hurt is counterproductive to inner peace by its very nature because those feelings are negative and hurtful. Peace doesn't hurt. Peace is calm and tranquil. Being hurt feels like a inner storm whirling around in your mind and heart. Feeling hurt and Feeling at Peace can't co-exist in the same heart.
How deep must one go to find inner peace?
Inner peace comes from making a series of choices to be happy and choose actions and thoughts that will maintain peace or create peace in your mind and heart. Sounds radical because everyone wants to be happy but is everyone doing what they need to do to be happy? Do the people who want happiness the most know that it begins with a choice? And each choice made consecutively, on purpose will lead to happiness and inner peace? Its true. Its not a magic wand lying somewhere on the ground that some lucky bloke might stumble upon some day! Nope! Its a choice. When your presented with an opportunity to react negatively or react in a way where the scenario doesn't create a negative response in you, you then have a choice. Choose the negative and get angry, sad, mad, indignant! Or choose to let it go, say so what, or there must be more to this scenario that what it seems, or simply, "I'm not going to let this bother me" then move on. That's brushing it off and that's choosing happiness thus taking you one step closer to inner peace.
Are choices the only way?
No, they are one tool in an arsenal that will lead you to that place. Meditation is another good tool. It helps you to focus, slow down, calm your mind and helps you to feel more in control of your body. Its an excellent tool. Others are literature. Some may think this is cliche but The Secret" and other books that help you to understand that your mind is a powerful tool in helping you be calm, make the right choices, see clearly and help you centre and channel your thoughts on your goals and achieving them are all good tools.
So whats in a choice?
Life is a series of choices. You choose what to wear in the morning. You choose to work for the job you currently have even if its not ideal and doesn't pay all the bills. At the end of the day you chose that job. You choose the kind of car you are currently driving or you chose not to drive and take public transit because it was the most sensible choice outside of walking an hour to work in the cold when you could have taken a 20 minute bus ride and a 30 minute train ride down to work. You chose what you eat. You choose your friends. You choose your favorite form of entertainment. You choose what you do with your money and you choose what you do with your free time. So, why wouldn't it make sense to choose to live well but choosing not to fly off the handle. Choosing to accept your situation the way it is then choose a plan of action to improve your situation and be your best self. Why not choose how you think, what you accept for yourself, and what you tell yourself over and over in your head where no one can hear you? Why not choose to think the best despite what you see in front of you? Its not fluff its expecting the best despite how things currently look. Why not choose the best for yourself?
Whats holding you back from your inner peace? Are you choosing to be your best self today?
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