Protecting Your Peace
25:23 Share

When we have big lofty goals it can be easy to consistently take on more, believing that we are impervious to mortal capacities. It’s interesting and abundantly true that the most important things to becoming a high achiever are still the most basic ones. Getting enough sleep, eating right and carving out time for rest and relaxation become monumental in achieving what you have set out to. Personal insecurities can inhibit us from communicating what is most important to us to those around us…like people we work with, people we work for, and people that we live with. 

  We have an ability to hold things in to create the illusion that we are “ok” when in reality the only way to maintain peace as we take on more is to ask for help and create healthy boundaries around us. Growth seems like the only meaningful thing when we are forecasting the next day, but don’t discount time for sleep, rest and the small things that keep us functioning as healthy human beings. We can push ourselves to the edge without assuming that is what others around us need or want instead of admitting that we aren’t mindless robots…we have to have our basic needs met before we can reach for the stars. 

  Protect your inner peace and recognize that is what is most important to helping those around you. There will be times when our opportunity cost sways…but if we don’t communicate what we need we can become balls of anxiety with the weight of the world on our shoulders that grows and grows everyday. The minute we let others in and accept some time and responsibility for our own peace is the minute that weight gets a little lighter. Think about what you need this week, as we embark on the holiday season, one where often times the last person we are thinking about is ourselves.