You cannot find peace by avoiding life. A quote I saw recently that had meaning to it.
I’d take it a bit further and say by avoiding life’s challenges. There have been quite a few ‘challenges’ recently that I’d rather avoid (and have done), until action is forced. The feeling behind avoiding them is that there’s a cloud hanging over me, a nagging voice that says I should be doing something. The thoughts about doing them and either not knowing where to start or being too scared to start. It’s wanting just a smooth life, but it’s compromising who I really am. In the last few weeks I’ve taken on quite a few of these challenges that have been hanging around for way too long. Of course it was hard, of course there was anxiety and heightened emotions whilst going through the process. But, there’s a huge sense of relief, and peace, once they’re done. The cloud disappears, there are no voices of should do that, and there’s no more energy given to them. It’s liberating and empowering.
My Inner Self 