How to find inner peace in a world full of chaos?

@grenzy8 (183)
Philippines
July 9, 2012 9:59am CST
Many people I know is having a hard time struggling for their happiness, everyone seems to be in a state of conflict. Everyone seems so obsessed with materialistic desires and think that fulfilling this desires will make them happy. Yes, it can be our mode to gain happiness but don't we think its just superficial and short lived? And that this happiness translates to our inner peace? How can we find inner peace that we need?
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
9 Jul 12
grenzy8 to find peace you must look within yourself and be content with what you have, find gratitude for what we do have, be content with it.Things bring only fleeting joy, love s elf and of others will bring real joy to you.its the intangible things that hold our our joy, like love and respect and trust from our husbands and wives..People we love and love us are what keeps us going.inner peace is not ours when we rely on stuff to make happy.
• Kochi, India
9 Jul 12
Hi,Stop thinking about others,how they live,their sufferings.This may sound cruel,but we can't really do anything.Those who could do,aren't doing it.Don't watch programs that is intended to exploit our tenderness.If you aren't super rich,there is no point in watching,you may not do anything,except sharing their agony.This sits on top of our personal concerns.My mother watches such programs and cries.We have so much tension as individuals,there is no real need to watch others suffer.It is not called sharing its only multiplying the tension.It will not decrease their pain,only increase ours.
@grenzy8 (183)
• Philippines
10 Jul 12
I do agree with you media showing so much evil is contagious, we just tend to empathize with them and it would affect us somehow. I better watch good movies with moral lessons it might help.
@akash009 (452)
• India
12 Jul 12
hello, My friend what you said above is absolutely true. It's really true that finding inner peace is difficult in this world. Because a lot of bad things happen with you or around you all the time. We need to focus ourselves, but it's really hard I knw. But still in order to be happy in this life it is really important that you find inner peace with yourself otherwise you will be frowning on this world all the time. So although it is very difficult but still we need to do it and live with it.
@jricky1 (6797)
• China
13 Jul 12
Well,this is really depends on us to adjust our attitude toward life,for example,you know what you want to achieve and to think more good than bad things.Try to find other people's good characters.Thus you may find the world is beautiful and may not that tired.Hope this is useful.