Is there a Common Denominator?

 I read an interesting quote. Paraphrased it said, peace within is valid when it remains strong and true in hectic times.  Control of peace and missed identity of peace is when one thinks peace will be around the corner when the hectic environment subsides.

 

This rang true to me as I have said the later. I blamed my lack of peace on challenging times and then thought I’d been at peace once that challenge worked itself out. I don’t think I’ve ever found or been in true peace! But, I do feel I have an idea of how to achieve it. 

Knowing my perception to be false or factual and succumb to the truth and have the internal desire to accept, learn, change and build on my character…would be a starting point.

So many things can lead to corrective behaviour and peace. I can Google all day long and read on all things that can assist to make this happen, but the first and foremost is, I need to believe in the process, want it, do the work, measure the work, continue to improve on the progress until such time that the pattern is no longer a pattern but a way of life. I believe it can also not become a place of contentment, as mediocrity may seep in...I feel there needs to be constant humility and the desire for continued growth.

My internal awareness of peace has grown but is not anywhere even close to being achieved.

I have written on many of my challenges, facets of my personal growth and the tools that I use to try to achieve what I’m trying to achieve. 

The question is, what am I really trying to achieve? Is it to know more about me and my capacity or to get to the root?

Is it true internal peace that is the common denominator?