Peace of Mind

Just taking a moment to breathe. I'm talking inhaling taking it all in my lungs, and exhaling like my life depended on it. In a way it does. It helps to achieve a peace of mind. I am very big on having a peace of mind in my life. When I was going through my divorce, I wanted to file on the grounds that my now ex-husband had taken my peace of mind, and I wanted it back. What I know now and didn't know then, is that my peace of mind is owned by me and me only...not to be given to anyone at will. Something else I know now is to live without regrets. If you offend someone, hurt someone, or make a mistake try to make amends. Offer the olive branch, show remorse, or just say plain ole sorry. The next thing you do is NOTHING...you have done everything that was within you to fix the situation. It is not your job to make someone forgive you for any injustice that you may have done to them. I was having a conversation with a friend who had made an offense against another person, and they had reached out to that person to make amends. However, they were still carrying the guilt and the pain of creating the offense in the first place. I shared a similar experience that I had recently went through. The difference was that I was not carrying any regrets from my situation. First of all, my offense was not fresh, so time had soften the wound. I apologized to the person, I forgave myself, and I grasped the concept that you can't make anyone do anything...You can make a bed, a point, and even a sandwich, but you can't make another person do something they are not ready to do. I advised my friend on allowing God to fix the situation. As people, we get in our own way of trying to fix things. Though, we may regret that how the situation ended up, we never regret having the situation in the first place. Forgive yourself, have faith in God, and breathe...get a piece of mind. Though you may not agree with what I said, thank you for taking time to see it Jen's way.