How to be at peace with the current situation
Taking care of the mind is as important as looking after the body. A healthy mind and positive wellbeing help one to stay strong in any uncertain situation.
What is it being mentally peaceful and calm?
One can be calm with their mental state of peace that is being free from overthinking, overwhelmed, unhealthy competitions, excitement, or negativity.
When you’re mentally stable you’ll feel calm and relaxed, peaceful, tranquil, and grounded in all situations.
Why being at peace is important?
Inner peace eliminates stress, anxieties, insecurities, fears, and worries. It's a mental and emotional state of peace. Each one of us deserves better health, happiness, strength, relationships, and life. Being at peace with the current situation gradually helps in there.
How to be at peace?
When being mentally stable alone can help you conquer tough situations, you can follow these suggestions to start being at peace; anytime –
1. Live your life; not others -
We often tend to attract things that are happening to other life by focusing on those, reacting to those. Be sympathetic but not empathetic where it’s not needed.
Live your life of peace. Focus on your life, your situations, your solutions, and your thought process.
Stop consuming unhealthy news and media as a daily habit.
You’ll feel more positive than before.
2. Shift your focus on Gratitude and Appreciation
Focus on good things, you’re getting every day. There should be at least one thing in your every day to be grateful for. For example, maybe you had a delicious meal today or you got an opportunity to help your parents with their work; be grateful for that. Appreciate such things.
If you are not having a ‘good time’ for some time now, remember any past achievements and cherish them now.
3. Routine
Routine your day. Keep a note of each hour, you’re passing. You’ll make yourself so productive that there will be no time to stress yourself.
You can also track your mood, thoughts, activities through journaling if writing is in your interests.
Hours of relaxation are mandated in our daily routine. Remember that.
4. Positive self-talk
Do you know, in a whole day, to whom do you talk most? It’s yourself.
In tough scenarios, it’s apparently so obvious to have frequent overthinking and negative thoughts, and constant agony.
Try to stop talking to your mind. Completely. By this, you can help yourself in two ways: negative thoughts will vanish and you’ll be focused on your present moment, Positively.
5. Meditate
Though meditation does nothing with sitting properly, thinking properly; still, it’s better if you can sit just for five minutes per day at a fixed time with your eyes closed and spine straight and focus on your deep breathing only; it can help you be mentally strong and peaceful in any situation.
All of these are proven ways to make one’s life peaceful in any situation; easy or tough. So, if others can benefit themselves, why not YOU?
Trust, these will help your daily life to fill with positivity. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!
Bonus: Helping others selflessly and being kind and courageous to self and others, or, indulging yourself in nature often bring inner peace in all situations.
Thank you for reading.
Written by- Sreemoyee Moitra