Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
- Dalai Lama
Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
- Saint Francis de Sales
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
- Lao Tzu
The outer world will always attempt to pull you this way and push you that. There will always be external pressures from financial issues, career issues, health issues, relationship issues and more. Further, the TV news will always attempt to manipulate your emotions to increase your upset and anger at the seemingly rampant injustices of the world.
Nonetheless, you do always have the ability to resist these external stressors, and to live in inner peace and happiness. You can choose how you prefer to respond to external events, and you can train yourself to minimize your stress and maximize the joy you receive from life.
Stop! Breathe deeply. Begin bringing peace to the outer world by regaining your own inner peace. Choose love, choose gratitude, choose forgiveness, choose peace. Begin with your own inner peace. Then use that inner peace as a platform from which to approach the outer world with perspective, understanding, and patience.
Thank you for these articles, they have helped me so much develop my new life as a recovering addict. I have almost a year and a half clean now and I run a few groups of my own. You inspire me to look at things differently and inspire my writing and my motivational words I give to my sponsees and clients. Please keep doing a fabulous job that you have been doing. Literally, you are an amazing part of my recovery and I look forward to your emails everyday.
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thank you for helping me find myself better through my inner voice. life seems awesome and sweet if you put your cares away. let go whatever makes you unhappy and let god in.
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