There is something that I have noticed that sometimes makes it difficult for people to attain inner peace and that is "living with regrets". This can hinder one's progress and success in so many ways. I am sure we have all said and done things we wish we could not have done but one thing is for sure we can not undo them. So the best thing to do would be to first confront those issues, and then try by all means to forgive ourselves. We might be torturing ourselves and trying by all means to avoid talking about things which we feel are better left unsaid not realizing that those are the very things that make it impossible to experience inner peace.It always helps to talk about things that are troubling you.I sometimes talk to myself, sometimes write in a journal and then from there I would talk to a trusted friend and then maybe to other people. The burden gets lighter as one continues talking about their so called regret and then suddenly the "regret" seems insignificant.So my tip for today, No Bottling Things Up If We Want To Attain Inner Peace.

Its very important for people to not live their lives trying to be something they are not. It is impossible to please people. Bob Marley once said that you can fool some people sometimes but you can not fool all the people all the time. I say you can please some people sometimes but you cannot please all the people all the time. Each and every individual is unique, they have their own capabilities and qualities. It is important to match these qualities with our choices. In order for us to excel in anything we do, we need to make sure that it is something we are passionate about. I have noticed something as I am going about my daily life, and it is that people are misplaced. People are in professions they do not want to be in, they are with people they do not want to be with and they are doing things they do not wish to be doing. All of the above mentioned lead to absence of inner peace. Of course this does not mean that these are the only contributing factors to a lack of inner peace, there is a whole lot more but these are some of them. We all need to take that first step towards trying to attain inner peace by changing the way we think as well as the way we do things.Its not easy but if you take the first step you will experience a sense a freedom and you will want to take the next step. Change is good.

HERE ARE A FEW MORE INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FOR TODAY

"People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care"...John C Maxwell

"Wise men speak because they have something to say and fools because they have to say something"...Plato

"It is always better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not"...Andre Gide

I came across this very interesting article on linked in posted  by Loic Le Meur and I thought I would share it with everyone. Please read all the way to the bottom.Thank you very much Loic

Loving Meditation More and More

I have just meditated for an hour, longest ever. It's been about 6 months I started meditating (try headspace app and read "Why Meditate" by Matthieu Ricard if you want to start) and not only did I stick to doing it at least 20 minutes a day but it's become a must do. If I do not "go into that personal, protected space" for one day, I miss it. It doesn't do much the first days or even weeks, but after a few months I started to understand the benefits.

I am quieter and relaxed. I am much more focused. When I meditate I always switch off my phone and anything that can interrupt me around, that taught me how nice a feeling it was and it's very addictive. No incoming emails, no calls or text messages. Just you and your mind. Like watching a sunset over the ocean with nothing else between you and that sunset.

It's a space where I start thinking about the present, how my day is going, how it should go (what I'd like to do with it, I highly recommend the "Lift app" for that) or how it went. I try to meditate in the morning just after I wake up and just before going to bed. That's when I found the best results. I never quite had problems to sleep but I feel I sleep better if I meditate before sleep.

We all have that "crazy monkey jumping all around" in our brain with the non-stop flow of ideas. Some are very persistent, others just go. If you're annoyed with something it is extremely difficult to not thinking about it. If you're sad about someone or something it's even worse, it's persistent. What I noticed after a few months is that even the most persistent positive or negative thoughts pass like clouds in the sky at one point or another. "Everything shall pass" right? Now I can take some distance with anything and "notice" that I am sad or "notice" that I am going to get upset and I generally avoid getting upset. Thinking about something while meditating helps me "register" it and now it generally doesn't come back a second time, or it comes back less and less, like if my mind had noticed I was thinking about it and can now let it go.

I took a habit after about 15 minutes to review eyes closed what matters the most in my life, or at least what I think it is. Family, best friends, friends, things I'd like to do, work of course, my health and how I take care of myself (or how I don't). Then I try to think about lifetime goals. What matters the most? What was the most important so far over the course of my entire life? What would I like to happen before I die? Some people hate thinking about death, I actually do think often that I could die tomorrow and it reminds me that I should focus on what matters the most and not waste time. Of course we all have to "waste time", for work for example, you just "have to". Some people have to waste more time than others and of course success helps you spend more time on what matters. I am starting to really hate email for example, it feels like it's one of the worst use of my time quite often. Still, I run the content of LeWeb so I have to invite speakers, coordinate with the team, so I have to email, of course, no way around. But I like spending time in emails less and less as I discover how great I feel not being interrupted all the time. Your email inbox is a to do list other people decide for you, it sucks. Don't get me wrong though, I like doing the LeWeb content it's just that I would love to avoid emailing whatsoever.

I am much more focused and I definitely have ideas I would have not had otherwise. Especially in long meditation sessions, I just meditated an hour and I had amazing ideas. I just keep a notebook and a good pen next to myself and write some of them down as I "wake up" from meditation.

I know this must sound really weird to some (most?) of you but I feel that I'm changing daily thanks to meditation, that I'm improving. How Matthieu Ricard puts it, it's like fitness for our brain. Why would we care so much about running and sports to improve our bodies but not at all about our mind?

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If you know your history, then you will know where you are coming from and may i add you will know where you are going :-)

I just thought I would compile a list of my favorite quotes and I think you might like them too, here goes: 

1."Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds".Robert Nesta Marley 

2."Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony".Mahatma Ghandi 

3."Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding".Albert Einstein

4."Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story". Max Ehrmann

 5."I kind of just left the security of doing something that I knew was going to pay the bills and kill my spirit, and chose doing something that was going to feed my spirit and figure out how I was going to pay the bills."Lebo Mashile

The fifth one is not really what people would consider a "quote", however it is something which Lebo said when she was being interviewed about her career.It kind of stuck with me and it is something which I think most people find it very difficult to do and they spend the rest of their lives feeling miserable in their chosen fields.I just think it is something we all need to think about if we want to attain inner peace.

Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.(Mahatma Gandhi)

Contentment

We all need to be content with who we are. It’s not as easy as it sounds though, because firstly you need to dig deeper to find out who you really are. Not what you were told by parents, friends, partners, acquaintances & strangers, but what you were created to be. And that means confronting dark issues. It’s a journey which I think everyone needs to take especially when you start to feel like you are no longer in control of your life, it could mean you are trying very hard to live someone else’s dreams. Believe you me, trying to be someone you are not is a very strenuous exercise and sooner or later you are bound to burn out and the consequences are disastrous.

Max Erhmanns Desiderata is such an inspirational poem.It speaks to the soul.

Our inner beings need just as much nutrition as our physical bodies.If we neglect them, they affect our physical bodies.There are a number of ways in which one can ensure that they do not experience malnutrition of the spirit.Anything that brings a person happiness feeds the inner being and people define happiness in different ways.People experience long term & short term happiness through doing things that they love and that contributes towards good health of the inner being.

Welcome

Welcome to the Nutrition For The Soul page,this is where we get to share ideas & tips on how to build the inner person.