Inner Peace Blog
Always Maintain a Calm Mind
Panic and anger cloud the mind; calmness and inner peace strengthen your perception. A calm mind is the best weapon against whatever challenge you may be facing...
Value Your Opinion More than Others
Unsolicited, free advice is usually worth exactly what you pay for it. It is nothing more than that person’s opinion on the subject. Everyone has an opinion, but not everyone’s opinion matters. Unless someone knows you and understands your life, his or her opinion is probably not very valuable for you and will not apply to your journey.
Stop Justifying Your Lack of Effort
“That is easier said than done.” This is an extremely overused cliché that is mainly used to justify someone being unwilling to put in the effort to accomplish one thing or another. The truth is, saying that is easier said than done, is one of the most meaningless statements ever made...
Don’t Speak Badly about Yourself
You must stop expecting people to fit into a certain preconceived mold that you have concerning who and what they should be. Stop expecting the world to meet your expectations
Not My Circus ~ Not My Monkeys
The signpost on the path to inner peace reads – “Not my circus, not my monkeys!” The people that you associate with matter more than you know, especially when it comes to your inner peace. If you are around someone, for even a short period of time, they will affect your energy either positively or negatively.
Don’t Allow the Opinions of Others to Stop You
If you are continually concerned with other people’s opinions about what you do, how you look, how you dress, what you say, or how you live your life, you have made yourself a willing prisoner of other people’s opinions. Stop living your life according to other people’s opinions and set yourself free.
Choose to Live by Choice
Every day you have to make a choice - do you live your life by choice or by chance. It is easy to live by chance; all you have to do is simply go through life mindlessly, allowing people, events, and situations to determine you attitude, mood, direction, and to control your emotions. This is allowing yourself to be used and manipulated by whatever comes your way.
Focus on what You need to Improve, not Everyone else’s Problems
Don’t spend your time condemning others. You cannot possibly know what is going on in someone else’s life, nor can you know what all he has had to deal with in his past or the context of his actions.
Do the Right Thing and Don’t Worry about the Outcome
Don’t be too attached to the outcomes of your actions; be at peace with doing the right thing. Even if you do everything perfectly, you can’t control the outcome of your actions. There will always be unexpected twists and turns...