Keeping the Peace

I take no medication except during allergy season, so when my new doctor suggested I take a prescription to boost my thyroid function, I resisted. I'm not in the range where the medication is recommended; I'm just close, so taking it was optional.

After a couple of conversations with her, I agreed to give it a try. My experiment lasted three days. On the third day I felt irritable and didn't get my usual good night's sleep.

I'm simply not willing to put something in my system that disturbs my peace.

This morning I realize that I want this decision to extend to my negative thoughts and judgments. I choose not to allow what other people say and do to come into my system.

I hope someday to have the peace and grace to allow negativity to simply flow around, not through, me. 

You write it:  What do you do when someone or something threatens to disturb your peace?