It’s not wrong to be ambitious. But the constant drive for achievement is a distraction from what is good in the present moment. It’s like driving from A to B as fast as possible, without pausing to look out of the window.
Our problem is that we seek peace in the wrong places. We flee from stress by going on long vacations to remote islands or escaping up high mountains. But unless we can find peace within ourselves, the noise will always follow us.
Peace comes when we let the unimportant things in life fall away.
We don’t create peace and install it inside ourselves. Instead, we uncover what’s already there by letting go of what is trivial and not needed.
Finding inner peace has a lot to do with choice. We choose to give our time and attention only to what matters.-pour our energies into what builds us up – and avoid the things that weigh us down.
People naturally look to the future; we’re always running to that next meeting and ticking things off our to-do lists. And when we do, we lose sight of what’s important.
Learning to live in the now will help us recognise we have everything we need in this moment
Today gives us the freedom to just feel. There’s no need to improve ourselves or search for something new.
Although the external world may function by the ticking clock, our internal world feels the moment as absolute, or infinite.No matter what we do, or what plans we make for the future, we can only live in the present moment.
Focus on ourselves not on what others think. Too often, we spend too much energy worrying other people’s opinion of our work, our personality, even the home we live in.
If you stop focusing on other people’s judgment and instead concentrate on how much you approve of yourself. You’ll reduce the noise coming from other people’s opinions, wants or needs.
Let go of expectations that don’t too much reality..
It is harmful when we set expectations don’t square with reality. A tremendous amount of anger and sadness comes from unfulfilled wishes like friendships that end or relationships that fall apart so it pays to be realistic about the future
It’s hard to stand back from our thoughts and see how wedded we are to particular outcomes. Sometimes we’re so rigid in our assessments of how life should be that we feel the impacts of unexpected events and appointments even more.
Finding a new piece has a lot to do with being flexible-simply accepting what is
Think of the way a tree sways gently with the wind or the way a bird glides with the wind, the tree and the bird don’t have expectations about how their journeys will end, they just keep, concerned only with the present.
With this frame of thinking, it helps us prepare for whatever comes our ways, if we’re having a good phase, be aware that bad time is will come at some point, and if we are having a bad phase know that good time will also follow. There is no need to worry or to try to anticipate every possible future scenario, simply believe that change is coming
Trees are the masters of survival they can prosper in whatever environment they are in and the grow in the most unlikely places
Like with many other things in life, feeling gratitude is of choice.We could choose to appreciate our existence, our home and the love the ones around us. Too often we wait for a birth a marriage or a personal crisis before we give thanks for what we already have, gratitude comes from what is not what might be.
If you can accept, experience, and appreciate things as they are, then you can stop desiring what you don’t have – whether that’s possessions or other people.
When you value every breath, you discover that this is reality.
The prison environment controlled everything – not just their freedom. The guards had all the power, and the other prisoners could often be unbearable to live with.
The happiest prisoners were those who recognized they still had a choice. While they couldn’t get themselves out of prison, they could choose to connect with the peace, love, and self-respect they held inside themselves.
People often try to pass responsibility onto others as a form of escapism instead of facing up to what they’ve done.
But the day a prisoner starts looking at himself instead, a profound thing happens: he discovers that he has more power than he knew. While he can’t change the justice system, he can change himself. And by doing that, he transforms from a hopeless person into an empowered one.
Whatever our circumstances are, we need to create our own sense of freedom. Our lives aren’t perfect, but we can all feel peace inside us – if we choose.
Every human being is like one pixel. If the big picture of society looks wrong, we should explore what’s gone wrong at the pixel level. We must look at ourselves and ask, Am I helping to build a good picture of my community, society, and world?
The thing is, we grow up separating ourselves from others. We’re taught from childhood about the differences between people – whether it’s a different culture, different language, or different skin color.
Of course, there are distinctive things about each of us. But we all share the same set of fundamental needs, including the need for peace in our hearts.
Sometimes, the actions of others are so cruel that we can’t bring ourselves to forgive. But the more we resist forgiveness, the more we prevent ourselves from healing. If you’re struggling to forgive someone, try to think of forgiveness in a different way. Instead of seeing it as giving in, or letting the other person win, think of it as helping you cut a negative link to the past – and liberate yourself to start anew.
Our lives are noisy and distracting, but there are ways to rediscover the peace inside you. Instead of concentrating on what skills or possessions you lack – or striving toward unrealistic goals – focus on the positive things in your life. The ground beneath you might sometimes seem fallow, but there’s an incredible world within that is full of fertile potential. Peace is possible – if you choose to let it bloom.
Meandering leads to perfection 