How do you generate your own peace?

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How do you generate your own peace? Stop yourself from being taken over by what you feel?

This is a question asked by @grindan in a post very recently. One I can answer.

I am going through difficult times, fighting for survival every day. After the last two months of being unemployed I am finally finding possibilities that can take me forward but nothing comes easily.

In between negotiating arears rent and struggling to keep the pantry from being bare bones empty I still have a gift. I am still an Empath.

I am heavily influenced by other people's sadness, anger or frustration. And I have a whole frustrated family living with me.

I spend a lot of time, not only trying to keep my own emotions from overwhelming me. I have to find a way to keep from being overwhelmed by other people's emotions.

Somewhere in all of this I have to find a way to peace.

After learning what I am, I started paying attention. I learned from the Bible and the other scriptures. I also learned from science.

In life you are free to choose. You can choose what you think about. You can choose the emotions you hold in your heart.

According to science and the scriptures there are a group of emotions with a supporting thought structures that improves health, increase energy and brings overall better wellbeing. There are also a group of emotions with supporting thought structures that drains your energy and destroy your health.

Sience supports this.

All of this brought me to a simple practice. When I find myself in a situation that is emotionally disruptive or where fear, desperation or anger starts showing its head I deliberately change gears in my head.

I stop every thought and ask one simple question. How will I approach this with love, hope, faith, thankfulness, forgiveness and any other action and emotion that supports life? This question I must answer by thinking and doing.

I find doing this drives away fear, hopelessness, desperation and any other emotion that wants to steal my peace.

It's not easy. This is truly a narrow road to travel. Sometimes I have to do it over and over, starting again. Sometimes I forget, flying off the handle or feeling desperately hopeless. The road back is simple and however narrow it may be, it's never too hard to ask that question. I forgive my mistakes and start over.

Just a thought I hope could help.