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
