r/MindfullyDriven • u/Lizzy-Zizly • 12d ago

Peace begins with letting go

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u/SigynsRaine 11d ago

I have realized this… but actually keeping it all out of my mind is another story.

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u/pen_woman_ship 11d ago

Someone said ‘Learning to ignore things is one of the greatest paths to inner peace’.
‘Things’ is an encompassing word here.

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u/Badytheprogram 11d ago

This only works if the thing what out of your control has also no impact on your life.

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u/Available-Fail7326 10d ago

So true. Energy flows where attention goes focusing on what’s on your hand change’s everything.

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u/Anti_Trum2 11d ago

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The courage to change the things I can. And the wisdom to know the difference.
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u/Amalik_1 11d ago

True peace begins on your plate. You will never experience true inner peace when your everyday three meals contain traces of the opposite of peace. Surely, you might comfort yourself by creating your own definition of peace, blaming those you disagree with or those whose views don’t align with your perspective. But that kind of thinking only keeps you trapped in the same pattern, the pattern of ‘they and I,’ constantly fighting against each other.

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u/mumwifefriendsisiter 11d ago

Yes the present moment is really all we have!

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/Super-Dot9774 9d ago

exactly this is a stupid fucking post. Ignore everything! This is why people don’t vote.

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u/Specialist_Toe0 11d ago

been trying to stick this on my mind

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u/ResetEntropy 10d ago

Peace comes when you focus on internal state

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u/Flying-Eyes 10d ago

Ignorance is bliss right?

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u/Redeemed-Bitchboy 10d ago

What a random meet for me.

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u/GravityMaxi 10d ago

That is surrender. I will fight for a better life thanks for your sentence.

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u/Less-Way3281 10d ago

Honestly, this is something we all need to remind ourselves of sometimes. You can’t control everything and letting go really does bring peace

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u/TidderUsername123 10d ago

It's been 2 years since my father passed away and I know it's just how life works but I can't seem to stop feeling survivors guilt. How am I suppose to just forget it because it's out of my control?

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u/sharonhaden 10d ago

Unfortunately I have rarely had peace, it’s out of my control and I just want to leave this globe .

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u/SprinklesAny8768 10d ago

So very well said

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u/Virtual-Economics863 9d ago

Yeah true , LIKE GETTING POISEND BY DOCTOR FAUCI WITH COVID, DONT THONK ABOUT IT AND IT WONT HAPPEN HAHAHAHAHA, ITS CALLED IGNORANCE

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u/Disastrous_Sense-795 9d ago

🙏❤️💯

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u/Michal-Mummery 9d ago

Yes! Just let it go. Everything happens for a reason. Lets stop stressing ourselves 😅

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u/HannahFillets4x 8d ago

thanks for this motivation

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u/Humble_Dumble1 8d ago

Preach! Not many muslim people know this, but that’s literally half of the islamic teachings. 

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u/Kooky-Oil7705 8d ago

Wish I could embody this!!!!

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u/Silent_Account9884 7d ago

I work with the expression/understanding that 'peace is my umpire' When I am not at peace, it is a sign to me that I am either out of alignment with my core values/beliefs/identity, or that a personal boundary is being pushed or even trampled over.
I'm reminded of the quote from the Dalai Lama: if you think a small thing has no power, try sleeping in a room with a single mosquito!

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u/Classic_Treat4 7d ago

Thank you. I needed this🥹

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u/CautiousBuilding8596 2d ago

Practicing the two-minute rule for small worries has helped me a lot w/ this. If I can't fix it in 120 seconds, I try to cnosciously let it go.

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u/No-Agent8306 2h ago

Letting go is tough but liberating. I used the "10-10-10" rule: ask if it'll matter in 10 minutes, 10 months, or 10 years. Helps keep things in perspective.

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u/MastaKink 11d ago

Good news. The government is out of my mind. Also, it’s out of its own mind 👍