The Peace Within

Inner Serenity in the Outer Turbulence

There are instances when I am amidst hundreds, but still feel singular.  My soul emanates an aura of peace, despite my brain being exposed to countless, infinite thoughts.  It is this inner tranquility which seeps through my veins, relaxing each nerve of mine, letting me reflect on myself.  Some people are blessed, in that they can obtain this peace with practiced exercises.  But me?  Nope; yoga makes me wish time would go fast so the session ends and mediation puts me to sleep.  You know how I find this inner peace?  By being around nature.  Simply put, I like to feel the wind caressing my hair, touching my skin, and rejuvenating me by its very essence.  To feel my lungs take in the fresh air, and to exhale out the expendable.  It reconnects me with the more important, but intangible soul, while dismissing the more tangible body.  Peace isn't necessarily when you are physically well, but when you feel a wave of calmness soothing every tiny fibre of living in your body.  The external world is a chaos; the law of entropy obeyed incessantly.  But inner peace, that is what differentiates you from the outside.  To have the ability to absorb true calmness within yourself is an art.  Not only does it help maintain sanity, but it gives you a new appreciation of everything.  The yin doesn't exist without the yang.  In the same way, peace doesn’t exist without disorder.  We can choose to find the serenity from the turmoil, or to find the turmoil from the serenity.  But in the end, it is inevitably up to you to acknowledge which choice you make - the yin or the yang.