For me, inner peace is more about self-confidence and feeling comfortable with myself. The past year I have felt more and more of this self-confidence and an ability to be with myself and enjoy my own company.
Things that bring me a feeling of outer peace are reading, walking my dog in our country paths, exercising, and painting. A lot of folks call it "flow" when you can sit in front of an easel and lose time, lose track of your physical senses and body. I often feel this way when painting, disappearing into daydreams, internal stories, and leaving my body on autopilot to do the painting business. It's the first thing I think of when people talk about peace or happiness.
As others have said, peace and chaos are a part of everyday life and they should be. When I was a deep, true believer, belief/faith did nothing to completely armor me against occasional daily chaos(in fact it is the same/similar amounts of daily stress I experience now, except now, I no longer feel unloved or deliberately punished by such circumstances). And I resent those trying to sell the falsehood that it does.
Things that bring me a feeling of outer peace are reading, walking my dog in our country paths, exercising, and painting. A lot of folks call it "flow" when you can sit in front of an easel and lose time, lose track of your physical senses and body. I often feel this way when painting, disappearing into daydreams, internal stories, and leaving my body on autopilot to do the painting business. It's the first thing I think of when people talk about peace or happiness.
As others have said, peace and chaos are a part of everyday life and they should be. When I was a deep, true believer, belief/faith did nothing to completely armor me against occasional daily chaos(in fact it is the same/similar amounts of daily stress I experience now, except now, I no longer feel unloved or deliberately punished by such circumstances). And I resent those trying to sell the falsehood that it does.
