This I Believe

I believe the peace we keep searching for can be found within ourselves.

    I was once faced with overwhelming pain and regret that took over me and made it impossible for me to move. I thought of all the people I had ever hurt and the people who have hurt me and I was taken over by a dark emotion of instability and vulnerability. I felt completely alone.  All I could do was cry and cry and face my problems…and I thought to myself “how can life do this to me?” After spending some time submerged in my sorrow and deepest fears I realized that in order to make the pain go away I had to accept my weakness, forgive myself and forgive others.  The overwhelming sensation of depression was so deep inside of me that it was controlling me. It wasn’t until after I accepted reality and realized that I had the power to create my internal peace that I felt completely whole.

    I read a book where the author wrote “we need to get in contact with our own emptiness in order to feel whole again”. I believe there is a lot more going on inside of us than we imagine, but I also believe that deep inside we all have an eternal peace waiting to come out. After I got in contact with my own emptiness, I felt whole, and not just whole, but I felt alive and completely happy. In many ways, we create our world....We create our experiences, outlooks, and beliefs. And internally we are all more humble and peaceful than we think. After my experience with my own pain and frustration I can truly say that the peace and acceptance I was yearning for was completely inside myself. And I recommend to anyone out there to stop looking outside for the peace we desire, because when we take a second to look inward it is already there, we just have to create it.