Living a peaceful life is about harmony with ourselves and our surrounding world. It begins from within, and once our mind is at ease, we will start to see the harmonious effects in everything that surrounds us.
Being at peace doesn’t mean we have a perfect life. Instead, it is how we deal with everything around us. Controlling our fears, respecting others, releasing grudges, and not letting the small things get to us are the stepping stones towards a happy and healthy life.
Once we are on the journey, it will find us soon enough. It means many different things to different people. In the past, peace meant a time without wars, fighting, or the threat of violence. Today, peace is a state of harmony, quiet, or calm with no hostility.
Being mentally and spiritually at peace means that we know ourselves and what we are capable of, and we do not waste our time or energy on things that are unimportant or meaningless.
When we talk about inner peace, we are talking about our ability to find a kind of tranquillity that can change the way we see the world and interact with others.
Peace is being able to thrive and become the best version of ourselves, without fear of something intervening against that vision. It is also complete wholesome of each other’s needs and emotions.
Our vision for peace should be the harmonious co-existence between people no matter who they are, no matter their skin colour, their religion or beliefs, their gender, their nationality, but simply because they are human.
It develops from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that supports everyone. But it is also securing the space for others to contribute the best that they have and all that they are.
We are a diversity of people with so much to learn from each other and we waste this opportunity daily. We want to live in a world where the ideas or beliefs of a group of people do not interfere with the well being of others or does not seek to harm others just because of an external difference.
All of us want to have control over our lives, but sometimes we extend this control to the people surrounding us (especially our loved ones), and that’s where the trouble begins. If we want to live a peaceful life, it is vital to stop controlling others and have harmony in our relationships.
Imposing our will on someone and taking control over relationships not only creates conflicts but also seeps out all the happiness from our life. Try to accept the people who surround us, embrace their flaws instead of trying to change them, and strive to be good friends, and we’ll be on our way to a happier life right away.
Peace should be our goal in life, but we keep trying to find it, to make rules for it, to make wars to achieve it. It is just to be humans living on the mother earth with no other differences trying to do the best for the whole world not only for ourselves till we reach the inevitable moment when we say goodbye to this world with satisfied conscience or a peaceful one.
We must learn to accept that there are other people around, other kinds of thoughts, other beliefs, other religions and that is okay. Our most valuable ownership is an open mind. It means living a life where our rights are guaranteed.
A life in which our successes and failures are the results of our actions, not the neglect of the will of others. It is forgiveness. It only exists when we smile at the person who has made us go through a difficult situation. Peace is saying “let us move on”.