Category: Creating Inner Peace

Questions to help you create your own inner peace.

Creating Inner Peace – Tools from Parents

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What did your parents give you that might contribute towards creating inner peace?

Examples: My father gave me acceptance of people at face value, respect for self and others, kindness, knowledge of the mechanics of house-hold equipment and figuring things out on my own. And also, a love for the outdoors. The tools for peace in this are accepting and respecting other people, as well as myself; being kind to animals, others and myself; being able to fix things that break; an interest in crafts and my beloved outdoors. All stress melts from my shoulders in a forest. My mom gave me the desire and ability to be my own person and an appreciation of harmony. My mom was a dichotomy (a blending of opposites) in almost all her attitudes. And she gave me the gift of being able to see the extremes in arguments, political positions, religious stances, health issues, economic squabbles, differing patriotism definitions, whatever is used to divide people; and so not feed into either “side.” She taught me to look for where the middle ground lies and sometimes to just blend it all together or look beyond all of it. She was a fascinating, playful and fun-loving woman; who never met a stranger and treated all people the same. She took a Greek Orthodox patriarch to the car wash one time, because she didn’t get a chance to wash the car before she picked him up at the airport.

Creating Inner Peace – Independent Approach

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What helps you accept responsibility for your own choices?

An independent approach to life assists building inner peace by simplifying the equations. It reduces outer interference. Less input from other people makes it easier to accept responsibility for our decisions, as well as our inner peace. Inner peace is not dependent on anyone else. Making our own decisions doesn’t mean we can’t have input. It just means we don’t have to worry about making others angry if we don’t accept their input. We do this simply by carrying the attitude that ultimately it’s our decision, our responsibility, and we accept the consequences.

Example: My parents encouraged my already independent nature. I don’t know how my parents managed to bring me up to be so independent. I do know that even in little things like asking my father the definition of a word, he’d tell me to look it up myself. I was headstrong without being disobedient. In grade school I wrote down my disgust at how the principal handled a situation with another child. I wisely threw it away, thinking nobody would ever see it. Another child that apparently felt I had put into words what many of us were feeling, took the paper out of the trash and took it to the principal as if she had written it. The principal promptly disciplined her by making her stay after school to clean all the trash cans. Well, this put me in the position of having to go and tell the principal I had written the note. She simply said I could help the other girl clean the trash cans.

Creating Inner Peace – Confidant

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Who is the friend and confidant in your childhood that has helped you build a firm foundation?

Example: For me I can remember at age five creating a soft bed for Jesus at Christmas. This helped me create a personal relationship with Jesus as my friend and confidant. I would write him letters and talk to him in my heart. Some might say imaginary friend, but others understand the reality of immortal beings and that both spiritual and material worlds exist in tandem. Looking at Jesus as a person and as a friend definitely gives me a sense of peace. Just the thought helps me relax. It’s sort of like knowing there is someone who always has your back, who you can always turn to for help. Who fits this bill in your life?