Show me how to live my life in a state of joy and peace and allow others to do the same.

Question: I can see that many of the things I’ve done that I feel bad about now were because of my need to control the events of my life. Show me how to live and enjoy life, letting it flow without the stress of needing to be in control. Show me how to treat others with kindness and respect regardless of their behavior and how to live my life in a state of peace.

Answer: Let your need for control extend only to yourself and your thoughts and emotions. Give unconditional love to all who cross your path in life. Love and acceptance is really what most are looking for but rarely find. Let them be who they are and love them anyway. This doesn’t mean that you should let others treat you badly. Just go ahead, feel good all the days of your life. If there are people or events or even animals that you feel are causing you to be any other way than joyful and peaceful, bless them, take your attention away from them and spend you precious time and energy focusing on those people and things that are in alignment with your dreams and visions.

Of course, you’ve made mistakes in the past, done and said things you don’t like or approve of now. That is just part of the journey. When you know better, you do better. It is exciting and wonderful that you have grown to a place where you can see the person that you were as a less evolved being. Don’t judge her harshly. Bless her, love her and thank her for the help she has given you on the way to the place you now live. Then let go of the need to control anything outside of you, and have a great life.