A More Peaceful Perspective

Peace to me is not about being optimistic, seeing things in a better way than they are, or attaining a spiritual way of life.

Peace to me is balance. It’s not about hooking onto what is right or wrong, good or bad, beautiful or ugly. It is not about judging anything. There is nothing to prove from a peaceful perspective.

It’s not about sitting & doing nothing. It can be found in the doing as much as being.

It exists inside each & everyone of us. We don’t gain peace by doing anything special. And people who feel peace are not those who live without pain or problems.

Peace to me is a state of mind. One where the mind steps back from trying to judge or analyse a position you’re in, and instead breathes in the life around you. Not just through your mouth – but through your ears, eyes, feet, hands, your whole body…

Through your interaction with someone, through a smile, a wave, a hug, a genuine intention towards yourself or another, or through being in nature that reminds you of your own – and how life is not made of straight lines. There is seasons, cycles, change and rebirth constantly moving through. And we are often in a stage of change, one where we need to find stillness to see clearly while the waves of change move around us. Allowing change to happen but not be swept up in the currents, that can be driven by our emotions.

Peace can be found on your own or with others. We don’t need to be alone to feel it. But we do need to know how to step back from wanting to understand or make sense of it, and just appreciate. Being with it so it can be more with you. And grow in its value.

We can too often can overcomplicate things, forgetting the gift we have of moving our focus around. Of being able to see things in a different light. Of recognising we choose how we respond to situations, and that we can always use our breath to speed up or slow down our reactions. Allowing space to pause, or silence to listen.

I don’t write about being optimistic or trying to see the good in everything. I write about peaceful perspectives. In this state we’re not ignoring any sides to a situation, we’re not trying to escape anything, or prove we know what is right. There is an opportunity to be in the middle & broaden your focus.

I’m merely entertaining the idea that there is a space in each & everyone of us, a power in our perspective. Life will happen around you & there is lots we can’t control but we do own our sense of peace. We can always use it to help interact before we react to what happens.