Incredible India monthly contest of September #2| Inner peace or outer Joy!
I would choose inner peace before outer joy anyday because inner peace is internal. It's not influenced by any external circumstance. This is a condition or state of being at peace even if or when things go wrong and things do go wrong at very unexpected times.
Well, it would be wise to be at peace from the insides. Life has many ups and downs and these external circumstances can highly affect outer joy, but you see once you have peace from your insides, you'll always be happy or joyful no matter what happens because your joy or source of happiness is intangible. It isn't something material or something that can be touched or altered or tweaked by outer forces.
I do believe this and why do I say so??
Let's start with my understanding of the definition of outer Joy:
Outer Joy is a product of external happenings. And this is dependent solely on the thing that happene and the mood it creates at that time. This is a dangerous place to bank one's peace and mental wellness on as both walk hand in hand.
External things can quickly change one's outer joy, but you see when a man has inner peace, it's from within. Whatever comes from outside doesn't have any influence on the peace he has because those external things can't touch his peace. So yes, a man can be excited or happy this minute, frown the next, and so on. These mood shifts just show that he's living his life with the flow. The happenings around are able to dictate the way he is. This man hasn't yet gotten inner peace because inner peace will always remain no matter what happens in a man's life.
I'll share two instances : The first one is relating to inner peace. My younger sister called me one certain day saying she was on her way back home for the semester break. Not long after her call, she called back again, but this time in a panicked and hushed voice telling me that the vehicle she was in had encountered some armed men on the way and the robbers were shooting sporadically. At that point, seeing that she was in danger, I could have become anxious, worried, and a lot other emotions because of the situation on ground, but no, I just said a word of prayer over her and told her not to be scared, that she would arrive safely. I knew from my spirit that nothing would happen to her. This was a show of my inner peace borne out of an inner conviction of whose I am and the promises of God over my life and that of my family members.
To the second instance : On outer Joy.
Sometime, this year, some huge amount of money entered my account and I was ecstatic and happy. I was all over the place.😂😂 But prior to this time, it seemed as though there was a season of drought in my finances and this greatly affected my mood. I was always thinking of how I would make ends meet, I was almost always moody, but once the finances came in, I was everywhere😂.
I didn't dance publicly but you could see how that external situation affected my outer Joy
My mood had swung from sad to happy in the space of a few weeks. @tanay123 @hyacinthfavour @lumiradhi you're invited to join this contest.
Inner peace will always remain the best
Always
Thank you for the curtain vote.