How many times during the day do you find yourself making pressure the default? People tend to make pressure normal. How do we do this? Answering one more email, squeezing in one last errand or chore, one more meeting.
Following through with these things often feels easier than explaining why you can’t do them. And before long, you’ll find your day moving faster with your mind struggling to keep up.
You can see this fast-paced lifestyle at work or in your personal life. It can even show itself in the quiet mental list you carry in your head when everyone around you thinks you’re fine.
Peace Is a Good Practice to Invest In
When you choose peace, it doesn’t necessarily mean that everything around you is calm. It also doesn’t mean that you have to pretend that things aren’t tense, those deadlines aren’t real, or you don’t have responsibilities waiting for you.
It simply means you stop letting pressure take a front seat and make every decision for you.
Sometimes peace can be just taking one deep breath before responding. Sometimes it means walking away from your desk instead of rehashing the same things over and over in your head. And sometimes, it just means letting a small thing stay small and not turning it into something bigger that takes over.
Peace is practicing mindfulness in real life.
Even Small Pauses Throughout the Day Can Change Your Outlook
Peace starts out in those tiny moments that are barely blips on the radar during a busy day. Maybe you just sit in your car for a couple of extra minutes before you walk into the house at the end of a long day. Maybe take those sips of coffee a bit slower before you open your email. You can even use mala beads or prayer beads as a physical reminder to come back to yourself when your thoughts start racing.
Small rituals like this won’t remove all of your stressors, but will give you a better way to handle them without the stress taking over your mood.
Pressure Pushes While Peace Leads
When you feel pressured, you also feel hurried. Peace gives you some breathing room so you can stop and choose what actually deserves your energy. Compassionate leaders don’t lead from a place of panic, and spiritual entrepreneurs don’t build when they’re constantly depleted. Peace helps you hear yourself again.
The OM Factor: A Woman’s Spiritual Guide to Leadership, now available on audiobook, can be a meaningful companion. You can listen during your commute, walk, or quiet pause, and bring mindfulness, spiritual leadership, and emotional steadiness back into your day.
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