Inner peace begins when you don't allow yourself to be controlled by others
Your inner peace will begin the day you stop letting others control you. When your emotions cannot be manipulated based on the unhealthy beliefs and needs of others.
This sense of peace is a clear sign that you are on the right track. It is a clear proof thanks to which we are guaranteed to enjoy a good physical and mental balance.
Therefore, we must know how to manage the expectations we have of ourselves, to avoid reacting to insults and provocations in order not to be seen as angry or vain.
When we live in submission to what others expect or demand of us, we prioritize the choices of third parties and do not listen to our true needs.
For this reason, it is essential to make decisions ourselves, because only this can fill us with peace and generate large doses of courage, responsibility and emotional well-being.
"I must be calm enough to accept the things I cannot change, brave and enthusiastic to change the things I can, and wise enough to distinguish between what I can do and what I cannot." do" (Reinhold Niebuhr)
Pick your battles
Be selective with your battles, because sometimes having peace is more important than being right. Your inner peace is non-negotiable and depends only on you and your loyalty to your alter ego, the same as when you wonder whether or not you should meet the needs of others.
Although when you say "enough" you must listen to your heart, once you have made the decision to free yourself from the pressure imposed on you by people who want to control you, you must be responsible and take the wheel to guide you triumphantly beyond the fear that you have For this purpose, you should take into account that:
It is not easy to manage uncertainty.
Any change process involves a certain level of discomfort that you must tolerate.
Every decision must be made with integrity.
You should know that, by opening a door, you can find many paths ahead, and you may have to follow some of them, in search of inner peace.
It's always good to leave behind people who hurt you. However, there is something else to consider: physical and emotional distance. Sometimes, the physical one, which in principle would be sufficient, is impossible to achieve; therefore you must exercise hard internally.
Whoever cultivates inner peace transmits serenity
Those who cultivate their inner peace transmit peace to the rest of the world. Why? Because the mind is like water: when it is calm it reflects the beauty of what surrounds it. However, when she is upset, it does not matter what is in front of her: she will not be able to reflect it.
It's the same with us humans: we can't raise our children well if we've lost our temper along the way. We cannot even lead a healthy life or relate properly to others if there is a storm in our mind.
For this reason, it is very important to remember that inner peace is one of the greatest assets you can possess. This does not mean that we have to endure everything with infinite patience until we explode: the trick is to annihilate external expectations and respect what we want.
By satisfying our desires and putting aside what weighs us down, we will achieve the much-desired inner peace. Remember that self-love has a limit called dignity and mistakes cannot be allowed. No one is important enough to let them make your life miserable.