Excerpted from SYMPTOMS OF INNER PEACE ©1984 by Saskia Davis, Author
Frequent attacks of smiling.
Feelings of being connected with others and nature.
Frequent overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather from fears based on past experience.
A unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.
A loss of ability to worry.
A loss of interest in conflict.
A loss of interpreting the actions of others.
A loss of interest in judging others.
A loss of interesting in judging self.
Gaining the ability to love without expecting anything.
A susceptibility in loving yourself and others.
I’d add these:
An increased tendency to let go of habits that no longer serve you.
A loss of interest in fixing myself or others.
Increased interest in being pro, not con.
A sense of knowing you’ve done your best.
A marked decrease in the need to compare.
Sudden laughter.
Frequent urges to hug.
A less defensive posture and attitude.
Knowing that your symptoms may vary, depending on the situation.
Feeling like this:
What are your symptoms of inner peace?
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A loss of mental and physical fatigue.
Ability to welcome people to your home any day, anytime, without pre-planning.
Ability to say yes to more things than no.
Thanks for the post!
Going gracefully with the flow.
Sending out prayers of gratitude.
Not sweating the small stuff.
LOVE – I find it when I am in Hawaii! ;-)
When I amaze myself
I love that picture of you!!!!
Mine would be something about ‘living in the moment’ which I guess involves not obsessing / worrying about the past / future or what SHOULD be.
Deb
A sense of peace.
Vast amounts of patience.
“A loss of interest in fixing myself and others”. Yes! I hadn’t fully realized it, but I’ve definitely stopped trying to fix myself. Yes, I’m committed to changing certain behaviors and mindsets, but I’m not broken or mangled. I’m whole now and I always have been.
Hmm… “a sense of knowing you’ve done your best.” This one isn’t always easy for me. I tend to say I could have tried a little harder even when I put forth more effort than is reasonable.
LOVE: frequent overwhelming episodes of appreciation
Beautiful pic, beautiful heart. Xo
OOOH I LOVE THIS.
mine is when I simply can not stop myself from encouraging OTHERS in their dreams.
My inner peace is evident when I can gracefully handle unexpected events without feeling my breathing quicken and my pulse elevate. Inner mental peace = inner physical peace for me
I am aiming to experience inner peace often enough that I remember what it feels like. At this point I have to think real hard to remember what inner peace feels like, so hard that I’m wondering when I last felt it.
Referring to your last post. Inner Peace is worth striking for even if I fail because eventually I will succeed.
Hi Karen,
I’m delighted to see you and your readers enjoying SYMPTOMS OF INNER PEACE! I love the comments, especially.
I am writing as the author. I have some requests.
I would very much appreciate it if you would visit my website and choose a few of your favorite symptoms from there, then quote them in a re-post as “excerpted” along with:
my name as author, ©1984, & a link to: http://www.symptomsofinnerpeace.net , saying that, there, readers can see them in their original context as well as a poster version, + find contact info for reprint permission.
The internet provides an equally efficient network for disseminating errors as it does for disseminating wisdom and truth. In order to help me catch up with the piece as you have disseminated it, if you would ask readers who have reposted from your original post to do this, too, I would also appreciate it.
Also, so that I can see your new post, I would very much appreciate a note from you, citing the new URL, when it is done.
Thanks for being an agent of the Inner Peace Pandemic, Karen.
Happy New Year and blessings for 2013 to be our best year ever!
Saskia Davis, Author
SYMPTOMS OF INNER PEACE