Rob Dial

Peace is a practice.

It's not a constant state.

It is a decision that we make in each moment.

And inner peace cannot be dependent on outward circumstances.

Hmm.

Think about that because your inner peace, if it depends on your circumstances, you'll never be peaceful very long because the world can be crazy.

So let's pull out some lessons from this story and what I want to teach.

And mind you, I'm not perfect.

I'm not a guru.

I am just another flawed human as we all are trying my best.

And I've learned over the past 20 plus years of working on myself, some tools that have helped me get out of suffering.

And so I want to give you six lessons that I think that you can pull from this.

Okay.

Lesson number one, which is very important for today, is your mind will create false futures.

Most suffering does not come from reality.

It comes from imagined realities.

Your brain is constantly trying to predict danger.

That's what it has evolved to do.

And if you don't become aware of it, your mind will drag you into projected futures that don't exist.

And that's where most of our anxiety comes from.