IN YOU

PEACE - Simple word, easy to say, easy to spell…but not so easy to achieve sometimes.

One can say “I’m at peace with my neighbours, I’m at peace with my friends, family members, colleagues, I smile at everybody”

Good, I hear you, but are you at peace with the most important person: YOU? There are so many people walking around with big smiles on their faces and charming personalities but you would get a sense of the turmoil in their hearts and minds by the amount of anxiety and fear displayed when confronted with a situation (often, that has to do with themselves).

I think I hear someone say “Not me, I’m not like that. I’m at peace with myself”. If you are, that’s brilliant and you definitely have my respect, but before I praise you further, let me ask these questions, just so you and I can test and see.

• 1.       What’s the last thing you think about at night before going to bed?
• 2.       What goes on in your head when there’s nothing (no TV, Radio, Friends, Work, Music) to distract you? What’s happening up there when it’s just you?
• 3.       Do you often need people around you to achieve some level of happiness?
• 4.       Do you get your self-worth, self-validation from social network sites? i.e. is it number of ‘likes’, ‘shares’ or ‘comments’ that make you feel you’re somebody?
• 5.       When you look at yourself in the mirror, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? Or do you just avoid mirrors altogether?

The answers to these questions are up to you and I. And if we answer truthfully, the experience would be like looking at yourself through a microscope. Inner peace is very important, you can’t source peace from others, all you’ll get is a few hours (or minutes) of happiness until you have to be by yourself again. You want peace? It begins with you. Work on yourself, work on your mind, it’s not something you force to happen; it’s a State of Consciousness you unconsciously acquire after consciously working on it for a period of time. *wink wink*

Stop holding on to things you can’t control: You can’t control your life; You can’t fix the world; You can’t make people love you; You can’t force them not to judge you; You can’t be the best at everything; You will make mistakes, it’s what makes you human; You can’t always have bright and sunny days, it has got to rain sometimes. You know the only thing you can control (at least to a large extent)? Your emotions, how you think and respond to people and situations. Why not begin to work on you?

Make today your Peace Day. Try it, you’ll see it works, then start making it a habit.

I wish you joy, I wish you laughter, but most importantly, I wish you PEACE.