Just Thoughts and Nothing Else

To find peace and serenity you only have to look within yourself! You have it there because God placed it there when he created you.
Remember when you were a child and how the simple things brought joy to your life? Remember thinking about just another day to go out and play? Remember when going to the next birthday party was all you could think about? Remember when getting together with your cousins was the best day of your life? Remember playing in your sprinkler until you couldn't even run around anymore was the only thing in your head? Those were the days of peace and serenity. Those were the days that you didn't have all life's worries or concerns at all. You could see each moment in that moment! You could see that nothing was more important than what was going on right then and there! Nothing could interfere with the innocence of your thoughts!
Some days now can also be that way as an adult. Yes there is a possibility that you can find those times again if you look beyond all the chaos of your life.
You need to look beyond the noise and the clutter and get to that place in your mind that once gave you the peace and serenity to see things as they were right then and there and nothing else. You need to find your place of solice and visit it every now and then. It could be a place that you found that let's you find peace when you are there, or it could be in the sound of your child's laughter, or it could be in the arms of someone you love. It could be as simple as a thought of anything that just makes you smile but it is within you and you need to say it's time for me to stop and smell the roses. It's time for me to understand all that is going on in my life and somehow find that peace and serenity again.
The innocence of a child is the peace that you seek. If only you could stop for awhile and throw the cell phones down, and not worry for even a moment about anything but what is right in front of you. If only you could stop long enough to take a deep breath and find the tranquility of life before you. Stop and look at a tree leaf, see the complexities of it, and try to see the beauty of how it was created, where it was created. Stop and look at a bird as it sits on a tree branch and try to see the wonder of it all. Then think of the child that may be right in front of you causing havoc in your life and then go back in time and see the love that they were created from. The miracle of their birth. The moment in time when you held them for the first time.
You watched them as they grew. You found beauty in the moment they discovered their toes for the first time. The moment you had to send them off to school for the first time.
So as you look to go back and find peace and serenity, you just have to go back in your mind to the times in your life when things were simpler. When all the clutter wasn't there and you will find that time again. Enjoy it, cherish it, and never forget it, because it will be your peace and serenity for all times. It will give you times in your life that you can stop long enough to smell the flowers, breathe the air, and look around you and find the wonderment of life!
Enjoy!