“Every act of love is a work of peace, no matter how small.” –Mother Teresa. My husband and I went to the movies yesterday and saw a comedy by Melissa McCarthy. It was an entertaining and humorous film. Today I read a couple of reviews on the motion picture.

Interesting, the critics did not like the movie. Good thing I usually do not take film critics’ info to heart. I thought the movie did have redeeming qualities and enough emotion for a big screen movie goer to find plenty of emotional release and enjoyment.

That was my opinion and experience. Someone else might feel differently. Such is the way with upsets. We can offer advice. Even though the advice is coming from within us. An individual having the upset has within them the wisdom and equipment to heal and discover answers and the highest way to maneuver during unsettled personal times. 

Certainly our acts of love and attitude of peace can bring calmness to a worried or distressing person. Most of the time, we can provide comfort.

No doubt, for any troubled problem or dilemma we face it usually is helped and begins to turn into a blessing in disguise when we seek our higher realm, the spiritual light not through outer means, but ready to show the way by knocking and seeking inside ourselves.

Interestingly, unnerving occurrences come into our lives as a direct call to move to higher ground within our mind and heart. The message may lead us to calm our body and through natural avenues by deeper breathing, asking friends to support us along with the added prescription of providing self care to ourselves.

Then care for self—get plenty of rest and drink adequate amounts of water, exercise, take a relaxing shower or bath, watch a comedy or good movie, or treat oneself to a good dinner.

So many more ways, I have no doubt, we can come up with for beneficial self care. Journaling can be helpful, talking things over with a dear friend or reading a self-help book or favorite pages out of a spiritual text. 

Above all and to write in our hearts: We have the answers to life’s deepest issues inside self. It is called the Kingdom of God within us and in our midst. In other words it’s not up in the clouds and beyond, it’s not running into someone’s arms or into a store and purchasing something to make us happy. 

Instead, lowly turn within and acquiesce to the healer, the insightful wisdom inherent to our nature and ever awake to our slightest openness and call.

In our times of need, we have read and been told we have a comforter within and with us always. We take this to heart and believe in the timeless truth. The divine presence reveals itself to us. The all-intelligence of God knows the best way to be known and to be ‘our helper in every need.’   

Sometimes we miss the simple remedy. The best and highest is spiritual then the added things, self care and helpful people and things. We are to calm as we can and seek within for the directions, actions or inactions to adhere to. We know this; we live by it; and we follow our loving and all-wise way-showing direction indwelling and ever-present.