'Peace' is one of those words that is buzzing around at the moment because it's Christmas. I've always looked at it as a word that is global - we all want world peace, we all want peace in our neighbourhoods, villages and streets, but what about the 'inner peace' that each one of us need within us to be content with who we are?
Some of us torture ourselves with conflict between family members and friends. Some of us torture ourselves about where we want to be in life, and it's not where we are now. Some of us torture ourselves with inner demons that mask the personality that we want to portray to the world. So how do we create inner peace within ourselves?
We are all different, and we all need to find the solace within ourselves to make that call. For some it's an instant realisation, for others it's a long drawn out journey of months, sometimes years getting professional help. Some never find it, some don't realise that they need to find it. And I think that's a pertinent point... we can only find inner peace if we make that realisation that we actually 'need' it.
Some of us blame others for the anguish we have in our lives that we can't get over. But most don't even know that they have caused you this anguish. We approach them about it, and they don't know what you are talking about. If they do know what you're talking about, they have 'knowingly' done something to hurt you or put their own needs first; but if they don't know, you identify with it that they have been constantly insensitive to your feelings. But, in the end, if we blame others or not, it's up to us to either accept how that person is in our lives knowing that they only think of themselves, or choose not to have that person be in our lives so dominantly. It's up to us to have the maturity, courage and strength to either confront the other person or people to allow all the built up resentment to be discussed and removed, or let it go, start a new day and find that inner peace within ourselves.
So at Christmas, when there is a huge amount of animosity flying around in family affairs in every type of family out there, is this the time or not to create that inner peace within yourself by accepting your family and friends for who they are? Is it the time to discover in yourself how you can be at peace with yourself? Is finding the peace the best Christmas present you could give yourself? It should be a resounding 'yes.' But some of us aren't ready to do that yet, for others, it may take baby steps to get there, but the most important step is knowing that 'peace' within ourselves is our ultimate destination.
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