Living in this very challenging world requires a lot of strength and means to handle your life well.
You have to be able to manage not only your life at work, but your personal life as well.
You are dealing with a lot of situations such as meeting deadlines, balancing your time, energy and attention between work and family, and so forth. If managed well, you will definitely be able to live a quiet and peaceful life despite of those pressured moments. Here are some thoughts on how you can achieve a peaceful life:
Be Yourself
Some people tend to wear masks just to fit it. And you should take note that living in camouflage is also fooling yourself, they will like you not for what you are. So start aiming to accept people that do not welcome you for what you are, instead of stressing yourself to please them.
You have to realize that this will just make you live in agony, trying to portray the role you can never be.
Avoid living in the shadow of other people to build your own identity–your own you. The time will come that you will meet people who will take you for what you really are.
Do Good to Others
As we have learned from an old Confucian rule, commonly known as the Golden rule says, “Do unto others as you would have them done unto you.”
That rule can never be obsolete.
To be able to live peacefully, you have to be good to your neighbors as you would like them to be good to you. This does not mean that you will do favor for others to get something in return. Life will bring you back whatever you have done, be it good or bad. Remember, what goes around, comes around.
And when you do well with others not for any vested interests or expecting something in return, you will notice that you feel light and feel good as well, making you more live in tranquillity.
Be at peace with others
Somehow related from the latter, but this one is not just doing favor for other people. This is telling you that if you cannot do anything for them, at least do not be against them, as much as possible. In this way, you are living harmoniously with others instead of making them your enemies and silent competitors.
This does not mean you have to please everybody except yourself and sacrifice your own beliefs, but try your best effort to stand on what you need to, without getting into deep trouble.
If you sense that after you have done your part and still in vain, get out of their way. Redirect yourself in getting along with new acquaintances, but remain casual with those whom you find difficult to deal with. Eventually, they will appreciate you for doing that and possibly exert effort to get along with you which means meeting you halfway.
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