He was stressed. He could not sleep at the night. His health was suffering. He had become irritated all the time. He wondered, how would he get his peace? I asked him, why are you stressed? He shared that he had many problems. But he wondered, some people are able to sleep peacefully even amidst all the problems and some are not. The first thing is, that it does not matter what others are doing, still, if we want to follow them, we need to understand their thought process. So we asked a lady. Do you sleep peacefully? She said yes! Do you have problems in life? She smiled and said, who does not. Then how do you maintain your peace? She shared that her mother died last month, she is going through her divorce and her father had a heart attack after that. The gentleman, himself jumped from his seat and asked, how do you maintain your peace?
She smiled and said, I do whatever I can do, I always do, what’s best for everyone rather than choosing my self-interest. Even if I have to go through some discomfort, I do that. I have decided to help everyone in the best possible way. After that, I surrendered to God. I am sure he is taking care of me and my kind heart.
Then another gentleman replied. He never had sleep issues. He said that I always sleep very peacefully and I go to sleep immediately, as soon as I hit the bed. How do you do that? I live very honestly! I have a departmental store. Every transaction, every salary, happens very honestly. So I feel, peaceful and happy. When I go to sleep, I simply thank God.
So honesty and good deeds are keeping us peaceful! Surrender is able to keep us peaceful. Contentment is keeping us peaceful.
The gentleman shared that, yes, he was confused, many times about the things he did. He felt that he was not doing the right thing, still, he went ahead and did them. Now, it was time to correct them!
