Striving for Inner Peace

It is easy for me to say, "try to give advice to your close peers," "make a strangers' day by simply smiling," "strive to create a peaceful environment in your home," when in real life I fail to practice my own advice. The truth is that inner peace can be very hard to obtain when we don't have a clear mind set of what this might involve or provoke in our every day lives. When I think of inner peace the first thing that pops into my head is being completely happy and true to ourselves.When we do this everything else will properly fall into place without forcing anything at all. Activities such as, yoga, meditation, reading etc.. can help us on the way to inner peace. I think that everyone should have a time alone where they can reflect and at the same time discharge all negative attitudes. Positiveness is always good along with good self-esteem. In general inner peace may involve a lot of other characteristics but as for me, I think that being peaceful and calm with yourself is the first action towards inner peace.