Inner Peace and Joy Tip #48: Three Kinds of People

Inner Peace and Joy Daily Meditation Tip: The Book of Proverbs is loaded with wisdom nuggets. Read Proverbs 17, Pull out the wisdom nuggets and apply them to your life.

It is important to remember that your journey for Inner Peace is not every person in the world's journey. In your life time, you are going to discover that there are 3 different types of people: 1) People who will help you 2) People who are neutral and 3) People who are against you. One of the keys to maintaining your Inner Peace is being able to recognize each type of person and knowing how to respond to them appropriately.
#1 The Person Who Will Help You
The person who will help you achieve your journey of inner peace is usually the person who is on the same path or the person who has mastered Inner Peace and wants to help you get to where they are. These people are usually always calm, joyful, positive, encouraging and they are motivators.

#2 The Person Who is Neutral
The person who is neutral may or may not be on the same journey that you are on for Inner Peace. Their character and behaviors may even be oppositional to what you believe in but they will not try to impose their beliefs on you neither will they try to turn you against what you believe in. They pretty much mind their own business and they stay out of your way.

#3 The Person Who is Against You
The person who is against you is usually characterized by their bitterness and negative attitude. They will see a bright light in you and their sole purpose is to do everything that they can to try and put out your bright light.

It is easy to deal with people who are for you and people who are neutral when you are maintaining your Inner Peace because one is trying to help you and the other is staying out of your way. The challenge is going to be when you are dealing with people who are against you. The key to dealing with people who are against you is.,"You can not let them pull you out of your character."
More Useful Tips:
Self-Control
Control Your Emotions
Have a Positive Attitude

Inner Peace and Joy Tip #47: Love Your Enemies

Inner Peace and Joy Daily Meditation Tip: The Book of Proverbs is loaded with wisdom nuggets. Read Proverbs 16, pull out the wisdom nuggets and apply them to your life.

I work at a group home for high risk adolescent boys and you would think that the boys would be a threat to my inner peace but they are not. It is my coworker who always seems to find fault with my work.

Well, at a meeting, I lost my temper and told my coworker how I felt about her always falsely accusing me of things. I left the meeting thinking "I am not going to speak to her again."

After meditating on my behavior, I knew that I had to change my attitude. For starters we work together and we have to communicate for the benefit of the adolescent boys.

Love Your Enemies
If I go to work and I give my coworker the cold shoulder, at that moment I am experiencing negative emotions. If I am entertaining negative emotions then I am not experiencing inner peace.

The reason why you should love your enemies is because love is a positive emotion and when you show unconditional love towards someone you are detached from negative behaviors. If you are entertaining positive emotions then at that moment you will be experiencing inner peace.

More Useful Tips:
Hold Your Peace
Tame Your Tongue
Replace Negative Thoughts with Positive Actions

Inner Peace and Joy Tip #36: Accept People For Who They Are

Inner Peace and Joy Daily Meditation Tip: The Bible is loaded with wisdom nuggets. Read Proverbs 5, pull out the wisdom nuggets and apply it to your life.

Do Not Change People
A secret to inner peace and living a life full of joy is "Do Not Try To Change People." It is not unusual to meet someone and say to yourself "I can change that person".

Acceptance:
If you try to change people, what is going to happen is that you will continually be frustrated. I am not saying that people can not change nor am I saying that you can not positively influence people. What I am saying is, if you want to maintain your inner peace, then you should not get boggled down in trying to change people rather you should "Accept People As They Are"

For example, If you meet a person and they do not have all of the virtues that you like or their character is not to your liking then you should decide right then and there if you are going to continue to keep their company or if you are going to disassociate yourself with them.

The key to your inner peace is going to be in your ability to take control over your circumstances.

More Useful Tips:
Surround Yourself With Positive People
How to Stay Positive When Dealing With Negative People
Be Slow to Anger