Inner Peace and Joy Tip # 63 : Control Your Environment

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My Story
I started on my venture to maintain my Inner Peace about four months ago. The reason why I say "Maintain Inner Peace" and not "Get Inner Peace" is because I believe that it is God who gives the gift of Inner Peace but you have to be taught the skills on how to maintain your Inner Peace.

Tips for Beginners
When you are just starting out learning how to maintain your Inner Peace, you do not have all of the skills that you are going to need to be in total control of your emotions. So in the beginning stages it will be easier for you to maintain your Inner Peace by learning how to control your environment.

How To Control Your Environment
Have you ever been to an Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) meeting? One of the steps that they teach their members is that when you are working on your recovery you have to get rid of the people, places and things that are working against your sobriety.

This same principle works for maintaining your Inner Peace.

• When you are striving towards maintaining your mental state of peace you do not need to be around people who like to stir up trouble, loud mouths, gossipers or people who have bad attitudes.


• The reason why is because your mental state of peace is going to stem from how well you are able to respond emotionally to your circumstances. If you are calm and joyful to what is going on in your life, then you are going to feel good. That "good feeling" is peace.


• If you are in a chaotic situation and you have not learned how to focus on the positive you will respond in a negative manner. That "negative feeling" leads to emotional unrest and if you are not feeling good about your situation at that moment you are not at peace.

Until you develop the skills that you need to maintain your Inner Peace regardless of what is going on around you, make things easy for yourself and have people around you whom you naturally respond to in a positive manner.

3 Things I Do To Control My Environment
1. Just because my telephone rings does not mean that I have to answer the telephone. When I look at my caller i.d. and I see that the caller is somebody who is always gloomy, I don't answer.

2. I love people from a distance-I had to let several people in my life go because their behavior resulted in me compromising my Inner Peace. This was difficult for me because some of the people were my family members and childhood friends.

3. Remove outdated contacts- I go through my cell phone contact list regularly and I remove the names of people who have nothing positive to add to my life.

You are in control of your life and it is your responsibility to take the necessary steps to ensure that you maintain your Inner Peace.

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Inner Peace and Joy Tip #33: Run Your Life Like A Business

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Many people are not experiencing inner peace and joy because they do not know how to mind their own business. They are so busy minding other people's business that they are neglecting their own business.

You might say, "I do not have a business to mind" but you do. You are your business. Your peace and your joy is a part of your business.

Tips for Minding Your Business
1. Tend to Your Health-If you are not healthy then it is going to be difficult to concentrate on maintaining your inner peace and experiencing joy. Make sure that you are eating right and exercising right

2. Tend to Your Finances- If you have more money going out than you have coming in, it is going to be difficult to maintain your inner peace and experience joy because if a need arises you are not going to be prepared

3. Tend to your Relationships-If you are around negative people and people who mean you no good, it is definitely going to be a struggle maintaining your inner peace. Surround yourself around loving positive people and people who are motivators.

It is your responsibility to maintain your inner peace and joy. If you are constantly minding the goings and comings of others you will not have enough time to devote to doing what you need to do in order to run your life efficiently.

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