PEACE - Relationship my mind

 

Peace in the midst of the storm is essential, not when it's over.

Acquiring peace is a mental skill. Peace is all about accessing parts of our mind that welcomes and most importantly chooses the calm amongst the chaos. No matter where you are on your mental health journey, whether it be battling, progressing or succeeding, our minds all have some sort of chaos. In each season the chaos and winds will differ. This is where accessing peace becomes crucial to keeping the scales reasonably weighted in your mental health journey. The aim is to not tip over.

I first ask myself...

Do you want peace? This sounds funny but I say to ask yourself this because there is something that can be addictive about chaos. 

I mean I don't know who wouldn't want peace but... 

Sometimes one's mental health can be so poor that anything healthy is no longer attractive to you. Don't feed into the lies. We all can have access to peace, need it, and are deserving of it!

In wanting peace, we must be honest with ourselves. 

Now hear this, although it may not apply to you. Peace is often not accessible when we focus and care too much of what others think of us. When we choose other peoples approval over our own...when we have high expectations of others and even of ourselves. A lot of mental health issues can be rooted in how we think others see us. Even when you try to reach out about your circumstance, it is likely you take on more chaos and bottle up your battles because you fear how others will see you. This is not a mindset peace dwells in. 

Peace is available to us all, we must cultivate new habits to access it.

Peace requires a set of different eyes. If journaling helps you build on your level of peace and you journal indoors, how about you journal outside? Journal 2 times a week, how about you start journaling 3 times? 

It's like if you want to get fit but you don't lift heavy enough to bump up a level. How about you do more sets, supersets, add an extra 5kg? You want peace, you act like it. We are intentional and particular about what we want and choose.

What is peace for you? This is the ultimate question.

Mine is rooted in my faith, a peace derived from the unknown, a peace that surpasses all understanding AND in that I am not moved, I am okay. I am peace.

What is peace for you and how far will you go to have it?