A mouthful of a title. It’s actually a line from a song I wrote that I hardly ever play. Probably because I attempt to fit those 17 syllables into 6 beats which is tricky even for someone with my mad rapping skills.
This post isn’t about singing though. It’s about inner peace. Something we take for granted until we don’t have it any more. Our minds are really really amazing. We have so much potential, and when our minds are clear we have inspired ideas and know exactly where we’re heading. But when we’re even a little stressed we feel somewhat less than the amazing creative geniuses that we are.
Unfortunately, for some of us it gets worse than this. A lot of people are able to stop at the level of feeling a little stressed, and get it together enough to do what needs to be done. However, if you’re like me and have tendencies towards ‘all or nothing’ thinking, a lightly clouded mind can turn into a raging storm in the blink of an eye. Your thinking has become so constricted that you can’t even remember that all you need to do is JUST STOP THINKING FOR A MINUTE!
No word of a lie, it took me a whole day of bashing my head against a brick wall today before I realised it shouldn’t be this difficult. I remembered times when ideas flowed easily and I felt highly motivated and capable. I knew that I knew what to do, but my mind was going too crazy for me to see the glaringly obvious.
Sunrise on the Ganges river at Varanasi, India. Now that’s what I call peaceful.
So I released the straining and the fruitless effort and relaxed. Almost immediately a breakthrough came. I know in my heart that I need to make peace a priority, but there’s this little part of me that’s scared it will mean I won’t achieve anything. So I need to honour that part of me too and be disciplined and focussed towards achieving my goals, while remaining very aware that the best way to do this is by allowing my mind to settle down and my creativity to flow more freely.
How about you? What are your greatest barriers to peace? I hope that me sharing this helps you to know that you are not alone, and acts as a reminder (I constantly need reminding!) that relaxation is a great aid to getting things done rather than a hindrance! 🙂
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