Cultivating peace within yourself

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Hello friends

Am so happy to be here to share my thoughts on the contest topic today. I appreciate the host of this contest @lirvic for having me here.

Is it important to forgive and free ourselves from resentment in order to achieve inner peace?

Yes I totally agree. Life is too short holding on to past hurt and resentments. A mentor of mine always says that if you hold on to unforgiveness, you become a prisoner in your own heart.

Peace is the presence of tranquility, absence of worry. Forgiveness is very important because if you don't forgive your offender you can never be free with them. You will always have a restriction when you come cross them. Inner peace first begins in your heart, when it is free from grudges and offence or hurt.

People who do not forgive easily get sick, this is to say unforgiveness exposes you to other forms of sickness and diseases because your peace and joy is stolen. To live a healthy life and have inner peace, let go of every resentment.

I am very emotional person therefore things easily gets to me. This is why I easily forgive for my own sake not even for my offender. Because I will be at risk if my heart is clouded with unnecessary garbage.

Your offender moves on with their life while you keep holding on with resentment, sometimes they don't even know they offended you. So learn to let go and enjoy inner peace.

Do you think we should set boundaries in life to cultivate inner peace?

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Well setting boundaries is a thing of choice. It solely depends on how you see it. One of the signs that show you have genuinely forgotten and forgiven someone who offended you is your ability to still relate with the person as though nothing ever happened.

Boundaries are great! When we set boundaries there are things that may never happen to us, and there is a way people can never treat us.

Some days ago I was discussing with someone that told me how her junior disrespected her in front of other juniors. I was so amazed. She felt my first reaction will be to scold the junior but I didn't, rather I took her aside and asked her how she related with this junior.

I found out that she was the cause of the disrespect brought upon her. She didn't have boundaries. She related carelessly with the junior giving him room for the insult. After my conversation with her, she made up her mind to change for good. From this story you would see that setting of boundaries don't only contribute to inner peace but also prevents unnecessary offence.

What advice would you give to someone who wants to achieve inner peace?

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To achieve inner peace first you must understand that you can not find it in a person. Inner peace just like the word simply means it comes from inside not just an external influence.

So one of the ways to get inner peace is to sincerely love our self and celebrate your self . I have discovered that some persons do not love them self sincerely. They criticize either their body or their nature. They say oh I don't have a fine shape or my legs are not so straight or my hair are too short or don't even have hair at all. And they begin to compare themselves to others. This takes away your inner peace become it keeps you always worried.

Next is to learn to forgive others easily when they offend you in addition, you should also forgive yourself from every past mistakes. When you keep holding on to things of the past you can't get inner peace.

I can also add this..The holy Spirit also can give inner peace when you spend time in his presence. It's like spouse loving on each other.

Share a personal experience in which you have had to search for inner peace

Many years ago while growing up, I did something very terrible. Would you like to know what I did? I will tell you.

My mum gave me money to go deliver to a woman that was supposed to supply her some stuff for her business. She warned me not to branch anywhere else and I said ok

On my way going I met some groups of friends who were playing interesting games. I love this particular game so much that I didn't hesitate when asked to join them. I kept the money in my handbag and kept it by the side.

When we were done with the game I picked up my bag and left, when I got to the woman's shop, I took out my bag to give herr the money but couldn't find it in the bag. I searched the bag thoroughly but didn't see it. I was confused and didn't know what to do so I left. I went back to where I played the game and found no one there, I searched for the money but didn't find it

I went home crying. I could not tell my mum or anyone. I went into the room and hid myself. I was scared I will be punished by my parents. This was mum's business money. I lost my peace.

For two days I could not eat, because I list my peace. Kept asking why I wasn't eating. I got sick too. Yet I could not say. I didn't know how to tell them. The day the goods where supposed to arrive, mum was expecting it but when the woman came to the house...the rest is history! You don't want to know what happened.

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