The word freedom means something
different for each one of us. For me,
freedom means living every day of my life with a peace that passes all
understanding, living in a state of tranquility, a life free from stress and worry.
On the fifth of this month I
celebrated by fifty second birthday. I
share this with you as I have been the recipient of inner peace for one year. That means that for the first half of my life,
it eluded me. For as far back as I can
recall I have yearned for what I’ve now come to know as inner peace.
Since receiving the gift of inner
peace, I see with clarity that it was within me all along. What I found is that I searched externally
for only what can be found from within. I
asked myself this question: “Why didn’t I connect to it before?” The only answer that I kept coming back to
was, “Because that’s too simple.”
When I was a child I really did
believe anything was possible. I
absolutely adore “child-like faith” because it is simple! You believe it, so it is… Then somewhere
along the path of “growing up” you listen to the voice of other people who may
not believe that anything is simple and life is certainly not easy according to
them. You take in what you hear and
before you realize it, you have now begun to think maybe they are right, maybe
life isn’t easy or simple.
Now you are grown up and often times
it feels as though your mind has no clarity, let alone peace or happiness. You are just “getting by” and I can tell you
that was a real disappointment for me.
I always felt that little tug from within and today I know that was the
connection to my soul which links you to having inner peace. It’s just that I didn’t take the time to
listen to the still small voice that greatly wanted me to acknowledge it.
So, instead of listening and being
guided from within, I looked outward for this peace. I shopped, oh I shopped and I found great
happiness in buying things. I found that
my happiness, my peace was temporary. It
didn’t fill the void I was looking for.
I also tried to please others in the attempt to once again find joy and
peace from the inside only to find that when I was alone, I was empty. I kept trying and trying and trying to find
this peace. Where was it and how could I
get it?
I’ve come to know that authentic inner
peace and happiness costs nothing…it’s free and it WILL FREE YOU! It’s my belief that you and I were created to
enjoy all the abundance that is our natural birthright through the endowment
that we were born with. Inner peace is a
gift and the only thing each one of us must do is accept it and receive
it. It really is that simple. After
trying everything else I could possibly think of to have true peace and
happiness, I thought I would give it a try by claiming the inheritance.
I had no idea how this precious legacy
would change my life and change my life instantaneously! I let go of trying to be in charge of
everything and everyone around me and just let it be… Life is once again simple and I have reconnected
to that child-like faith that I had as a child.
It’s never too late to acquire the
heirloom that is yours! Since this
transformation has taken place in my life, truly I have connected to and live
from the place of inner peace. My life
is lived with an authentic happiness that I longed for. I am indeed grateful for the spiritual
awakening that has plugged me into not only living life but enjoying every day
with a heart filled with an overflowing abundance of gratitude. This is what freedom means to me.
With much love,
With much love,
Alice
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