4 Ways to Find Inner Peace During Difficult Times
When you’re going through a tough time, it feels like inner peace is close to non-existent. Even if it does exist, it feels impossible to find and hold onto it. To cut through the noise and find your inner peace, you’ll have to put in a bit of work, and as much as it could be a hard thing to do when you’re facing a challenging moment, it’s worth the reward of bettering yourself. And as I agree that inner peace comes from within, I also believe that it doesn’t hurt to reach out to your loved ones for support every once and a while.
Here are a few ways to get you started:
1) Don’t be hard on yourself
First things first: Lighten up on yourself. Give yourself a break. Whatever metaphor you prefer, the basic gist is that you cannot be so hard on yourself when you’re going through a difficult time. It starts with forgiving yourself, and once you’re able to do that, you can work towards being at peace with who and where you are.
2) Reach out to your support network
Rather than bury yourself under a pile of loneliness and self-doubt, reach out to friends and family. A human connection could be the recipe for a pick-me-up, but it starts with you. When you talk to your friends and family, allow yourself to be vulnerable. Tell them what you’re going through, and you’ll be surprised at how much they will be willing to help. Often, just knowing we have someone to fall back on if we need them will make our inner peace less difficult to achieve.
3) Search for new beginnings
When one door closes, another one opens. You’ve heard that, right? It seems clichÈ, but it’s an age-old saying because it’s true. Look for the positive in each situation you face. It doesn’t mean you should be unrealistic, but if you can flip around your circumstances and seek and look for the good, it will help you through your difficult times.
4) Give yourself advice
It’s a great idea to seek advice from friends and family, but that doesn’t mean you can’t give yourself advice also. Try to swap perspectives. If someone else was going through your situation and asked you for help, what would you tell them? Then ask yourself: Am I following that advice? Chances are, you’re not. It’s always easier said than done, right? Following the advice, you’d give to a loved one is a compassionate way to change your perspective and potentially your mindset so you can tap into your inner peace more easily.
Walt Disney spoke about adversity in a way that we can all relate: “The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.” That flower is you. That struggle is only temporary.
SO be gentle with yourself and take it one step at a time.
Don’t forget, Rome wasn’t built In a day either ;-)
