Ways to protect your peace in the midst of chaos.
Protecting your peace means caring for and taking measures to safeguard your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well being. It means setting boundaries and limits on things that you determine to not be in your best interest. These things are things only you know what are–they are things that define who you are and what makes you–you.
Protecting your peace is a personal journey and a commitment to yourself. This commitment may mean you have to get real with yourself about things that are having a negative impact on your overall well being. It also may mean you have to take real action to reduce those things that are adversely affecting you.
We live in a world of chaos. Everything moves at such a pace that if you blink sometimes you miss it. Trends and fads move and change faster than we can even get on board and sometimes it creates a mental overload that just takes us to the edge of what we can handle. In order to protect your peace, sometimes its necessary to back away from the noise. In these moments, do not allow anyone to create negative feelings about how you choose to protect your peace.
Here are some ways to help protect your peace in the midst of chaos:
- communicate your boundaries
- attempting to persuade others to change
- helping people who do not want help
- trying to please everyone
- pretending to enjoy things others enjoy
- overworking yourself
- settling for something that is less that what you hope
- making plans when you need to rest
- letting go of relationships that do not respect you decision to protect your peace
- letting go other peoples judgements, projections and assumptions about you and your life
- finding what sets you on fire and doing more of it
- align your actions with your values
- honor who you are
- trust the process
Typing this list is easier than application, believe me I know that is true, but learning to practice and prioritize what truly protects your peace will teach you not only what is important but it will allow you to learn what you can control in your life.
Peace is not found in having everything fixed and flawless, its learning to maintain what is yours to control and allowing the rest to REST. Knowing what isn’t yours to hold, help or heal allows you to protect your peace and allows our Creator to take care of the rest. Peace like a river, my friends.
But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. Jeremiah 17:7
May each of you find time today for discernment on how to protect your peace.
xoxo,
Amy
Reminds me of the serenity prayer. Things always seem easier to say or write down, than they are to do. God Bless you and yours. Happy Easter. Miss being able to go on your page. Still enjoy your blogs and recipes. Thank you.
Thank you Bev. I am glad you are enjoying the blog. Reach out if we can help get you back on the UCANKETO page.
xoxo, Amy
Amen sister!! I’m guilty of so many of these things!
Thank you Amy. I’ll take all this to heart. I need to stop doing a lot of the things you mentioned.
Ruth, I needed this talking to as much as anyone! Its a struggle for sure sometimes.
xoxo, Amy
Love this! Thank you Amy for taking care of our groups health, physical, and emotional!
I adore how much you care
Linda
How wonderful to see you acknowledge our God and creator and Jesus His son who came to save us from this chaos. Especially at Easter.
Oh my! Have I found recently the need to set new boundaries! Thank you for this!
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I really enjoyed this writing. I am happy that you also added the spiritual aspect of the peace, because that’s where real peace comes from. The scripture said “I give you my peace, not the world’s peace.” I believe that’s in John. Keep writing, Amy.
I am so glad you enjoyed the blog, Lynne. Thank you for kind comments.
xoxo, Amy
Amen! The peace of the Lord is what gets me through my day!
Hi Amy,
My goal is better health through a healthy weight. I am not striving towards what the government charts suggest; I’m going closer to what feels comfortable for me.
I had success with Keto in the past. I actually did great by following it strictly for 6 weeks! I maintained forwithin 5 lbs for a couple of years, then not so much.
I was diagnosed with early stage 3 kidney disease, so perhaps 100% keto isn’t the best choice; however, getting to a healthy weight would be quite beneficial so I will press forward.
Agree wholeheartedly! A wonderful and inspiring article. BTW, the picture of you above is beautiful!
Thank you very much!
xoxo, Amy
Thank you so much Amy for all that you do!!
Thanks for this blog
Amen! God is Lord!
Thank you Amy for this article. I’m looking forward to the future on this blog! I loved your statement that putting words down about what we need to do to protect our peace is a lot easier than the application of those words. But each of us, man, woman or child, deserves this peace and in fact needs it to have a fruitful and balanced life.
Thank you again for this important message. Looking forward to the Blog future!
I appreciate you taking the time to read the blog! Yes, we are looking forward to the future of our blog as well as the direction UCANKETO is going.
xoxo, Amy
AMEN!!!
xoxo, Amy
Bravo Amy! I think you’ve really hit on a key factor for most of us today in battling weight management – so much of it is the constant barage of negative emotions – internally and externally.
Bravo Amy! I think you’ve really hit on a key factor for most of us today in battling weight management – so much of it is the constant barage of negative emotions – internally and externally
Thank you Jill! Yes it is a struggle and we all deserve to have people in our corner that love and respect us. I hope that you have that!!
xoxo, Amy
So true. We all need to be more mindful and take care of ourselves mentally, physically and spiritually.
Yes we do! Its very important that we take more control of what we can control and let go of things we can’t!
xoxo, Amy