Living in a silent environment is one thing I have always wished for but I don’t have it yet so what do I do? I just have to make do with what I have and make sure I am able to find peace in my environment.
I live in a very noisy environment and I live close to the market. Aside from that, my environment is not conducive enough for people to live but I just have to manage it and cope.
Even though I’m not living in the best environment, I still find peace.
Let’s take a look at what my environment looks like.
How do I keep calm, relax and find peace in a chaotic environment?
I think I should take it step by step. The first thing I do is understanding my environment and settling into it. There is nothing that will change about my environment if I continue to make noise about it so I always make sure to settle in the environment and understand it better.
Secondly, I eat good food. Food is life and food is health and we know how important health is to us. Do you ever realize that you tend to find peace when you’re healthy because a bad health condition isn’t bothering you by that time. Food helps to keep me calm and going.
Also, I always make sure that my environment is clean. Just take a look at the picture I shared up there. Is that environment neat enough? No and that can’t give you peace but when I make the little place I live at very clean, it gives me some kind of joy inside of me and makes me feel very relaxed.
Lastly, I find peace with my neighbors.
Truly, the environment may be chaotic but it wouldn’t make sense if I make the situation worse. The best thing I can do for my environment is find peace with my neighbors, sleep well, stay clean and make myself happy with the little thing I have.
That’s my little lifestyle and how I make sure to stay calm always.
All images were taken with my phone camera*
Ah, cleaning is a good one! That really calms me down. In English, there's an expression that goes 'tidy house, tidy mind!' - although of course we can get obsessed about it!
We just have to clean everywhere so that we will have inner peace
Haha well we can try!
Just to rephrase this: a peaceful life leads to a healthy state. This is found in Proverbs 14:30. It is when we choose peace amidst life's chaos, knowing we shouldn't be worried at all, then having a healthy life is possible.
I have experienced living in such an environment before, even worse than this because I lived in a compound with 13 rooms filled with students; some in twos, threes, etc. Every time, I shut the door, stay in my room and focus on having the peace I needed. It's all about what we want for ourselves and knowing what's the best for us.
Peace ✌️
Compound of thirteen rooms is a lot but I’m glad you scaled through