How often do you feel frustrated in your life?
Do you feel you’re living your life in harmony with the people and world around you or do you experience conflict on a regular basis?
What is the state of your most intimate relationships?
In my opinion, living in peace has got to be a major priority in our lives. The hippies had it right! For once we’re at peace within ourselves, life opens up for us and becomes much more enjoyable.
I know we all have our worries. We worry about our financial security, we have career concerns, health concerns, maybe we’re dealing with family issues that are causing us a lot of heartache and stress. But through my journey in life thus far, I’ve learned that no matter what life throws at us, we have the power within to maintain our peace.
Joyce Meyer says, where there’s no peace, there’s no power.
Think about that.
Every time we allow ourselves to get upset, we give away our power.
Every time we indulge in negative feelings, we give away our power.
Every time we let someone else ruin our day, we give away our power.
Every. Single. Time.
And without our power, what do we have? How can we expect to live the life we dream of if we give away our power all the time?
There are two forces at work here on earth- light and dark. And we have the ability each and every day to decide which one we will amplify.
The more we focus on the positive and light within and around us, the more peace and power we maintain.
If we let darkness and negativity creep in, we become a passive victim in our own lives.
And completely powerless.
So which is going to be, today?
I know keepin’ the peace within is not easy, so what helps you? Any tips or advice to share?
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truly an amazing post
Thank you. I’m glad you liked it 🙂
Finding what saps energy most and work on eliminating it from your life? Just doing the first part should help…
Good for you! When relationships or work situations make us feel depleted more often than not, it’s a good sign they need to be reduced somehow from our life.
My mantra … every day is a gift. Never forget it. Excellent post, Ingrid.
Thank you Patricia 🙂 What a great mantra. That’s a wonderful way to start every day.
Good post, Ingrid, but I must take exception to one statement. The hippies had very little right. You don’t achieve peace by dropping out and zoning out on drugs. True peace comes from a good relationship with Jesus and turning care over to Him – a concept few hippies would understand.
I agree that true, lasting peace has to come from within and for many people that does come from their relationship to their higher power. I only mentioned the hippies because they at least had good intentions. They were all about the peace. I wasn’t promoting their means of getting there 🙂
So true, but such a tough lesson to learn… Finding the right time to say ‘No’, and being okay with it, is one that’s helping me to regain peace. Owning your stuff, and letting the rest go, I guess, is what that boils down to. I’m hoping it gets easier with practice 🙂
Learning that it’s okay to say “No” is a huge part of gaining inner peace. It’s all about honoring ourselves and if we’re constantly going against our instincts and saying yes to things we don’t really want to do, that will definitely disrupt our peace. It’s not easy at first but does get much easier with practice 🙂