Increase the Peace: 3 Keys to Creating More Calm in Your Life

Learn how to apply each principle in your daily life.

There was a time when all I wanted out of life was more. More money, more houses, more car, more stuff. I wanted a promotion, expansion and all the props that come along with being in charge and holding a title.

Then I got older, I had kids and formed a different perspective about what matters in life. Now I’ve come to a place where all I want is peace.

I want to live quiet and content. A good cup of coffee or tea at dawn from the comfort of my sunroom is heaven to me.

Sitting on my deck with my computer in my lap writing my next story puts a smile on my face. Sometimes it amazes me how something so simple feels so good.

It took some time and lots of lessons from my “I want it all” years to get to this place. Sometimes I look back and wish I’d learned these things sooner, but that’s life.

I stumbled across this quote a few days ago. It sums up what I’ve learned and the peace principles I try to live by each day.

Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be. -Sonia Ricotti

If you want to have peace, you have to make peace with your past present and future. It makes sense because when we worry, it’s going to be about…

How I screwed up yesterday.

How I’m screwing up now.

How I might screw up tomorrow.

Right?

So let’s go through Ricotti’s three points one by one and talk about how you can practice these principles every day.