The Secret For A Peaceful Mind

Simone Imurah
Blowing In The Wind
3 min readMay 26, 2020

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”If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.”- Lao Tzu

Life amazes me! I tried to fight against it, to rebel against it but not anymore!

And you know what? Life became better!

It is so exhaustive to go against the flow!

The Chinese philosophy of Taoism teaches the importance of acceptance.

Not defeat, acceptance!

”Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”- Lao Tzu

A year ago, life was over for me. I was hurt emotionally, physically and financially. I could not see a future ahead. I was afraid and the more I suppressed my feelings, the deeper I dragged myself into the dark.

I had given up on life.

In the midst of the chaos I was living in, I had some ”angels” who helped. Strangers who showed up at different moments…

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Simone Imurah
Blowing In The Wind

...hmm, my life's goal? Make people HAPPY !! How? Inspiring and promoting outdoors life. Mobile writer. E-mail: siimurah@gmail.com @blowinginthew14