Maintaining Our Mental Serenity

In my last post I was talking about inner peace. Another way to find inner peace is to have a healthy thinking process...our thinking patterns is an very important ingredient for our mental serenity. Psychologists call this positive thinking. However, what I am referring here is not with respect to having a positive thought process about ourselves, our lives and future. A majority of us do have positive thinking when it comes our present lives, ourselves, our family and our future.

But what I am referring to is with regard to our thought process or thinking patterns that we have towards others. In my opinion this is the most significant or crucial mindset that determines our  serenity. If we can afford to hold positive perception towards others (can be anybody we come across in life or related to us either professionally, workwise, relatives, friends,  neighbors, acquaintances, associates or members of the community) we will hold our serenity. When we hold negative thoughts towards others in terms jealousy, criticism, bitterness, anger, hatred, etc. the resultant is that we will lose our serenity. This is backed by Biblical scripture.

Galatians 6:7 (NIV)
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.

If we hold jealousy, anger or bitterness towards others we cannot afford to gain a good harvest in our lives and thus will lose our mental serenity. To best of our consciousness and awareness may we learn to think only good things for others so that we may have inner peace and serenity for a happy and healthy living.