Betsy Guerra distinguishes peace from happiness: you can feel sad or afraid and still be at peace. Anxiety, stress, and sleeplessness mean you've lost it. Peace is a calm confidence you're on the right path, even when uncomfortable.
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And please understand that peace is not to be confused with happy. You can be sad, you can be nostalgic, you can be scared, a little scared, and still be peaceful because peace is that sense of knowing, a sense of calm, a sense of like, I am going down the right path, even if it hurts. There's a fear that feels more like anxiety and stress and rumination, and I can't sleep, and it's robbing me of my sleep at night, and I can't. You pay attention to that. That's lack of peace. So don't confuse the 2 fears that may exist. There's one that can exist at the same time as peace, and that's the fear of the unknown, which is normal, natural. It allows you to sleep at night. And then there's the anxiety, stress. I can't sleep. It just robs you of your peace. It's clear.