Over the last eight months, The Art of Inner Peace has helped hundreds of people improve their lives. Now the book community has discovered the usefulness of my new book. These book awards are hard to come by. This 1st Place National Indie Excellence Book Award is the first award my books have received in over a decade!
One of the reasons that a calm, tranquil mind is so important is because a tranquil mind leads to peaceful, well-thought-out words. Your words will indicate your mental state.
You must stop expecting people to fit into a certain preconceived mold that you have concerning who and what they should be. Stop expecting the world to meet your expectations
You have no control over external circumstances or events, but you do control how you choose to respond to them. Inner peace comes not by trying to manipulate people, circumstances, or events, but by realizing the power that you have within you - the power to choose your thoughts, words, and actions.
People will judge you, gossip about you, and misunderstand you. This is common if you live on this earth; it always has been and probably always will be. Every sage who has ever lived has had to deal with the same issues.
Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come! The one thing that you can always count on is change. Everything is changing all the time. You never truly know if something will end up being good or bad until some time in the future.
Don't allow the opinions of others to hold you back from what you want to be. When you start living your life your way, a lot of people will not like it. It will upset some people and others will actively try to convince you that you are wrong.
I have a newsflash for you - you do not have to react to rude, critical, argumentative people. Most of the time, these people are trying to push your buttons and get a reaction from you. They enjoy getting under people's skin and trying to upset them.
How others see you is not as important as how [...]