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Inner Peace and Balance in
Daily Life
By Remez Sasson
Inner peace and balance are of
great importance in everyone’s life. They are highly
valued by most people, though really few possess
them. Yet, everyone can develop them, some more some
less.
What do inner peace and inner
balance mean? They mean the presence of self control
and discipline and the ability not to let outside
events influence our emotions, actions and
reactions. Their presence mean the possession of
common sense and good judgment, and of not letting
the outside world shake our inner world.
How many times have you been
overwhelmed by emotions, lost your temper and got
angry or impatient? How many times have regretted
about your reactions or attitude?
Do you shout at your children,
spouse, co-workers or employees? Do you get angry
with them? Are you happy with this situation? Do you
let your work, the weather, other people behavior
and attitude, the movies or the newspapers influence
the way you feel and think. Do outside events
distract your mind and make you think about them,
instead of what you choose to think about? This is
loss of inner balance and lack of inner peace.
Lack of inner balance causes
fluctuations of the emotions, lack of decisiveness
and wasting time on unnecessary thoughts, emotions
and actions. So what is the remedy?
The moments immediately after
awakening are important, and influence the mood of
the day. These moments have to be used correctly.
After waking up in the
morning, instead of thinking about the difficulties
or tasks that are awaiting you, smile and tell
yourself what a wonderful day your are going to
have. Think about the pleasant things you are going
to do or experience, not the about the difficulties.
Repeat to yourself several times that today you are
going to maintain inner balance, common sense and
peace of mind.
From the moment you get up
until you go to sleep at night try to maintain some
detachment. This does not mean being indifferent or
uncaring. It means not reacting immediately to
situations, words, emotions or thoughts. It might
not be so easy, but if you persevere you will win.
Take a few deep breaths or count to 10 before
acting. This will to some extent calm you down.
If someone tells you something
that you do not like hearing, instead of getting
insulted or retorting in anger, hold and delay your
reaction. I do not mean fret and boil inside and
show nothing outside. This is not healthy. I mean
look at the incident in a broader perspective. Is
what the other person saying really important? Why
do his words mean so much to you? Maybe he is right,
and it would be wise to heed his words and opinion,
instead of reacting in anger?
Always remember that if you
descend into a valley, but keep walking forward, you
will arrive to a point where you will start climbing
up. No matter what happens, remember that there is
always a way out. After every fall there is rising
up again. This knowledge will help you restore your
inner peace and balance, when you encounter
difficulties and obstacles.
Inner peace and balance are
states of mind. Developing inner strength and the
ability to make the mind quiet, through
concentration exercises, meditation, detachment,
visualization or affirmations, will take you a long
way toward attaining and maintaining inner balance
and peace.
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© Copyright Remez Sasson
Remez Sasson teaches and
writes about positive thinking, creative
visualization, success, motivation, mind power,
self-improvement, inner power and strength, peace of
mind, spiritual growth and meditation. He is the
author of several books about the above subjects,
and the publisher of the ezine "Consciousness and
Success".
Visit his website, Success
Consciousness, and find articles, advice, guidance,
ebooks and quotes!
Reprinted with permission from:
http://www.successconsciousness.com/inner_peace_balance.htm
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