How to Find Inner Peace (to be continued...)

Looking for inner happiness and peace? Inner peace means you have a sense of harmony, emotional well-being and fulfillment in your life despite your current struggles (money, relationships, loss, etc). You can achieve this by practicing acceptance of yourself and the world around you, engaging in mindfulness, and meditation.

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Practicing Acceptance

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3. Take a personal inventory. Acceptance of yourself is crucial to the promotion of inner peace because it enables us to be okay with what is currently happening no matter what the circumstances.[1] If we try to avoid pain we may only enhance it. You can start by practicing acceptance of yourself by taking a personal inventory- who you are, what you look like, how you feel, and what you’ve done.

• Write down a personal inventory of your personality, characteristics (positive ones and ones you want to work on), actions, and appearance. Make a point to accept each and every part of your inventory – even the stuff you aren’t proud of. Forgive yourself for the wrongs you have done if you need to, and focus on what you can do today to better yourself.
• Take an inventory of your goals. Having dreams and aspirations is sometimes what keeps us moving forward in self-acceptance. Set personal goals for yourself and move toward them every day. Some examples of personal goals include: losing weight, eating healthier, exercising more often, picking up a new hobby (such as playing an instrument), or watching less television. On a daily basis, ask yourself if what you are doing is currently in line with your goals and values.
• Re-frame your negative traits into positive ones to promote self-acceptance. For example, perhaps you typically think that you are not tall enough and therefore, do not fully accept your height. You can practice self-acceptance by meaning-making about your height. What meaning or purpose might your height have? Does it help you do certain activities that a taller person might not be able to do? How does your height benefit you?

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3. Focus on what you are grateful for. One way to practice acceptance of your life is to be grateful for what you have instead of focusing on what you do not have.[2]

• Take an inventory of everything that you value in your life; this can include: family, friends, a roof over your head, enough food to eat, an education, the government, laws, nature, roads, and transportation. Remember that some people in the world may have little access to some of these things that we see as basic.
• You can even create a digital gratitude journal online through Thnx4.org and share your thoughts with others.[3]

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3. Give up control over things you can't change. As humans, we often want to control others (what they do or how they act) and our environments (home, work, school, society, world). We want our spouse to be a better person, our boss to be nicer, our house to be cleaner, and traffic to evaporate. This is likely because we fear the unknown, or what we cannot control, including our own mortality. Unfortunately, we cannot always control these outcomes. Ultimately, we cannot control what others think, feel, or do.

• Focus only on what you can control.[4] Ask yourself, “What can I do in this situation?” If you can’t change it then accept it and let it go.

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Method 1 Quiz

When you write down your personal inventory, you should:

Accept each part of your inventory.

Forgive yourself for past wrongs.

Focus on bettering yourself.

All of the above.

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Method

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Engaging in Mindfulness

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3. Focus on right now. Mindfulness can help increase inner peace.[5][6] Mindfulness is being aware of the current moment, the here and now, instead of thinking about the future or the past. Thinking of the past may lead to depressed mood or regrets, and thinking about the future can increase anxiety and worry. Being completely present in the current moment can increase your feelings of contentment.[7]

• Attempt to appreciate the current moment. Find positives about what is going on around you. For example, if you are at home – look out the window at the blue sky. What do you appreciate about the sky? What does it look like? Are there clouds, birds, or planes in the sky?

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3. Increase your awareness. Mindfulness is about increasing your awareness of yourself and the world around you. You can become more aware by focusing and taking control of your attention.

• Take a moment to look around you and notice the objects and people that are near. Focus on one particular object and become aware of what it looks like – it’s shape, color, texture, and purpose. Then touch that object; Is it soft, hard, or bumpy? Close your eyes and move your hands over the object. What does it feel like? It is cold or warm? What are the new and different things you notice about the object that you didn’t before?

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3. Observe your thoughts. Notice what thoughts come into your mind, like clouds passing through the sky, without judging, rejecting, or clinging to them. Simply let them pass through your mind.

• When you have a thought, notice it, and then let it go.
• One way to let go of thoughts is through visualization. Close your eyes and visualize a stream with leaves flowing down it. As you think a thought that is negative, place that thought on a leaf and watch it run down the stream until you cannot see it anymore.

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3. Engage in mindfulness exercises. Mindfulness techniques are a great way to practice mindfulness.

• One mindfulness technique is where you eat a piece of food (fruit, chocolate, etc.). Instead of just popping it into your mouth and chewing, start by observing the color and texture of the food, and then biting off a small piece. Eat that piece very slowly and notice how it tastes and feels in your mouth.
• Go on a mindfulness walk. This means you go for a walk, and while you are walking you notice everything that is going on in your mind, as well as around you. You can observe your own physical body in action and what is feels like to move (in your muscles, arms, legs).
• You can find many more mindfulness exercises online by conducting a google search, or locating videos on YouTube.[8]

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Method 2 Quiz

When you practice mindfulness, you should be thinking about:

The past mistakes you have made and how to avoid them in the future.

The current here and now.

The ways you will better yourself in the future.

The dreams and aspirations you have.

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