How to Open the Door to Inner Peace
In Feelings Buried Alive Never Die, Carole K. Truman writes, “When we start looking to ourselves for the resolution to our own problems, a definite shift takes place inside of us.” That line stopped me in my tracks. It’s such a simple truth, but when we really live it, everything changes. Truman explains that this shift allows us to forgive ourselves and others more easily. “When we can honestly and maturely accept everyone, including ourselves, exactly where they are and the way they are in this very moment,” she writes, “great changes in ourselves, as well as others, will automatically occur.” That’s been true in my own life. For years, I caught myself replaying painful situations and asking, “Why did this happen?” or “What could I have done differently?” But real peace didn’t come from analyzing—it came from turning inward and accepting responsibility for my own healing. Truman also reminds us that it’s impossible for two people to see life the same way. “It is impossibl...
