Gaining inner peace
Here are a couple things I did and still do to help with inner peace… nothing is ever written in stone. Take what resonates with you and leave what doesn’t. Also feel free to share what you do or did to gain inner peace.
BOUNDARIES! I Set, edit, and review them on the regular… if you don’t have boundaries, people (most especially toxic people) will run all over you simply because they can.
Letting go of things I can’t control…trying to control everything in your life and others around you will always have you on edge… learn to let go of things that are simply out of your control. When I first started my “peace of mind” journey, The Serenity Prayer was my go to every time I felt that things were out of my control. “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference, living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time; taking this world as it is and not as I would have it; trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will; so that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen.”-Reinhold Neibuhr
Focusing on my own life and not getting caught up in what everyone else was doing. As crazy as it sounds… IT WORKS! Often times we get so caught up in how far ahead others are, we don’t give ourselves enough credit for how far we have come. Focus on you and just watch how far along you’re going get.
Accepting that I can’t fix other people! This goes along with letting go of control and focusing on yourself. People only change when they want to change, you can only guide them you can’t make them do anything. Eventually when they see you changing, they will either choose to change as well or leave you alone.
Accepting my truth and valuing it! Once you know who you are, it’s pretty much a joke when someone tries to tell you who you are. Get to know yourself for real. Don’t run away from who you are, when you do, you’re handing control to others around you and there is no peace and joy in that!
Honoring myself, in honoring myself, I am better able to honor God! I am better able to Honor my husband, my children, those whom I call and see as family; and those who add value to my life!
Letting go of people pleasing… I’ve come to terms with myself that I can’t please everyone and I won’t be liked by everyone, so I simply just live and let live. Those who are truly for me and with me will always be there and those I am for will always get the best side of me.
I honestly could go on and on, and this blog would be a whole dissertation and I know y’all are not trying to read that!
