WEDNESDAY WISDOM

Don’t Let Life Ruin Your Peace and Happiness

Allow yourself to feel the pains, but also remind yourself to keep resting in the peace

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Guide us into peace with every step we take in our lives.

We all have bumps in life — some bumps are larger than others. Remember that you can choose to let the bumps become hills and mountains or you can choose to acknowledge the bumps and live in peace. In other words, don’t let life ruin your happiness and peace.

That peace resides within you.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. — Thich Nhat Hanh

My therapist was teaching me how to navigate my emotions because they can seem overwhelming at times.

Her suggestion:

• Sit with the emotion.
• Allow it to have a voice, but not to the point that it takes over like bacteria in a petri dish.
• If you’re feeling sad, feel sad. If you’re feeling joy, feel the joy. She even told me that if she’s out shopping and receives some bad news, she acknowledges it at the moment and allows herself to cry.