{"id":6487,"date":"2023-10-06T00:33:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T00:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifereader.co.nz\/articles\/?p=6487"},"modified":"2023-10-06T00:33:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T00:33:10","slug":"having-peace-of-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifereader.co.nz\/articles\/having-peace-of-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Having Peace Of Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ann:<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span> Being in the present and not criticizing yourself over past mistakes brings calmness and comfort, and being at one with the God of the universe brings inner peace knowing he is next to you and by your side. Meditating on this will bring contentment while practising deep breathing and letting go of negative thoughts.<\/p>\n

This will help you enjoy being in the moment and being grateful and appreciate life and nature. Peace\u00a0 with God, self and others will bring you closer to God. The world wants peace and security by going to war which only brings death and misery. We cannot control this, but we can control our own actions and our hope in God will bring inner peace.<\/p>\n

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Without hope, life is futile and restless and leaves us open to negative thoughts which then brings us anxiety and vulnerable to negative forces. Practise being forgiving to yourself and others. Fear can take away media can interfere with our peace if we compare ourselves to others because we live in a world where everyone’s life is exposed to us, and we can feel inadequate if we let it. Technology has its place, and we benefit greatly from it, but on the flip side, too much media information is not good and can cause addiction and information overload and interfere with our personal peace of mind and bring us stress.<\/p>\n

Exercise and healthy eating help regain inner peace and you will feel good about yourself. This will bring about serenity and calmness to your mind and body and help to relax you and to practise making a habit of this takes effort and well worth it in the long run. The 333 rule means to find around you 3 objects, 3 sounds, then move 3 body parts. This strategy helps you to focus and keep you grounded when you are feeling anxious or having a panic attack and practice slow deep breathing. Stress responses are a normal part of human life and should not be 24\/7. A simple breathing technique to refocus and relax is breath in for 1, out for 2, in for 3, out for 4, in for 5, out for 6 and so on up to 10. Practice for 5 minutes and if you wander off just start again and teach yourself to relax. Be creative and find a hobby, go for a walk, take photos of nature and practise drawing. These are all childhood activities that we forget about doing once we leave school and become an adult.<\/p>\n

So, tap into your inner child and play games, skip, play hopscotch, draw, paint, read 15 minutes a day and feel free from the stresses of life. You may think this is all too hard and you do not have the time, because of work and other things in your life, this is the thing you need to make you a priority as well if you do not make the time for yourself. Who will? I see that in this case, excuses are the main thing people run by why they are not doing quality things in their lives. Haven\u2019t you heard one of your friends or even you say “I am gonna do this” and you do not, and you keep putting it off? Make this day the time that you change your mindset and when you say you will do something, stick to it. You will feel a lot better in the long run and see what you have accomplished in this life.<\/p>\n

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Love and Light,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Ann<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Ann: Being in the present and not criticizing yourself over past mistakes brings calmness and comfort, and being at one with the God of the universe brings inner peace knowing he is next to you and by your side. Meditating on this will bring contentment while practising deep breathing and letting go of negative […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":6488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19,24],"tags":[223,721,376,635,1783,195,699,275,1761],"class_list":["post-6487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mind-body-spirit","category-personal-change","category-self-help-improvement","tag-life","tag-life-issues","tag-life-lessons","tag-life-motivation","tag-mind-body-spirit","tag-motivation","tag-peace-of-mind","tag-positivity","tag-self-help-improvement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t