Operate Your Life Like A Business & Find PEACE!

Even from my childhood I remember being obssessed with the peace sign. I even remember my Myspace page had peace signs as the background for the longest. The crazy thing is that I thought the peace sign was just cute. I had no idea how important peace really was back then because I was a carefree teen.

Coming from an individual that once lost their peace, I'm telling you that keeping your peace in the midst of hell is the furthest thing from easy. It is so difficult because we try so hard to avoid conflict by not speaking up, but that is what actually causes more conflict. Why? MISCOMMUNICATION. Even though you may be at peace within yourself, until a situation is at peace, your so called "peace" is only temporary. That is why when we go on our journey for peace, we have to do some deep evaluating. Evaluate your life, your friendships, your job, basically yourself and every single thing around you. In doing so you have to view everybody and everything for exactly what it is. Don't make excuses for anything or anyone because at this point they all should be thrown out of the window. So many things may be holding you back from finding your inner peace and the only option is to get rid of it all. In the midst of me losing my peace, my mom told me "Tia, you don't have peace because you don't want to have peace...if you wanted it that bad then you would be at peace and not wasting time talking about it." When she said that, it instantly hit me. It was almost like a light went off in my head and I was on the move.

I began to isolate myself from everything and everyone because I had to. Even the good people in my life, I had to separate myself from because I had to have my time to myself to recalculate. I had to figure out what it was disturbing my peace and come up with a game plan on how to approach the problem head on so that I could be at peace again. I encourage you to do the same if you struggle with having peace in your life. Finding the cause is the first step, but the real trial is overcoming your biggest critic...YOURSELF! You may be holding on to dead weight, dead relationships, friendships, jobs that you feel miserable going to, etc. Let it go. Simply release the hold you have on it. I was going to say demand that it releases the hold it has on you, but nothing can have a hold on you unless you let it, be it consciously or unconsciously.

The easiest way to get this accomplished and get back to your place of peace is to operate your life like a business. Imagine yourself running a small business...or hell, even a large business. You are the owner of this business so whatever you say goes at the end of the day. You can hire, fire, promote, demote, and market as you please. If you had a product that was not making you any money in any way, what would you do? Any smart business owner would take that product off of the shelf, making room for new products that possibly could bring in more revenue in as well as increase the marketing on the products that they have already making them consistent money, hence, growing their business. Apply this concept to life and it could all be so simple. Like Lauryn Hill sang "It could all be so simple, but you'd rather make it hard." Don't make life harder for yourself if you have any control over it. You control your peace, not anyone around you. Stay in control and remove those that suck up your energy. You need all of your energy for yourself to ensure that you are constantly being the best you that you can be. There are people in your life that are just like dusty products sitting on a shelf, not adding to your life in any way, just hanging out. I say this all of the time, but what doesn't add will subtract so if you want to be at peace, let it go. If your job is affecting your peace of mind, leave. They don't need you, you need them more than they need you. You owe nobody nothing. Remember that and act accordingly. Be selfish with your time, energy, and overall your whole self. Stop sacrificing your peace and sanity for others who don't give a damn if you are okay. Not having peace throws your whole aura off. You then become somebody that isn't you and do you think that they care to even notice? Hell no. Invest more of your time into things and people that increase your level of peace. Spend more time with those that you can truly be yourself around and don't challenge you to be someone that you aren't. Spend time with those that don't force themselves upon you, but understand that time spent together doesn't determine the place you have in their life.

Do what you have to do to protect your peace at all costs. Nothing is worth your peace of mind and sanity. It's all you have to keep yourself going. Cut off who and what you have to so that you can always be at one with yourself. Keep your mental clear at all times and you will be just fine. Everything isn't worth your time or energy.