Are there any substitutes for having inner peace?

I didn't read the OP, but I'll ramble on about inner peace for a second anyway.I think the only way to have inner peace is to accept reality, and not to get caught up on the ways you wish the world was. I am going to die one day, and I believe that will be the end of me. I've accepted that, that is my reality. It doesn't hinder my inner peace, though, it strengthens it.Before I could truly accept it I had to keep telling myself stories about how I'd live forever somehow in some magical utopia where all my dreams would come true. But there was always some doubt in the back of my mind, something telling me these stories I told myself were just delusions to shield my fragile mind from the harsh reality. So one day I decided to tackle this "harsh" reality head on, for myself. If I stop existing I won't be aware of it, anymore than I was aware before I was born. All I will ever know is what it is like to be alive, and I think that's good enough for me. Shouldn't I just be happy to of existed at all? Most potential human beings never even get this far, they never experienced existance.I think the only way to find inner peace is to accept that one day you won't exist, and be fine with it.

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How on earth can the fact of death strengthen your inner peace?

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Only once you learn to accept the worst aspects about life can you begin to truly enjoy its great aspects. I don't spend all day worrying about whether or not I am going to exist forever or not, and I can truly enjoy life. If I stop existing I won't be aware of it, so what is there to worry about?

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The only way I can see it is if you tell yourself, "Oh, well, at least I know that whatever I do or don't do really doesn't matter one way or another. A few months after my death I will be of no more significance to the world than of some dog that died in a ditch."

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I simply don't believe that what I do or don't do in my existance depends on whether or not I am going to live forever. Why would it? So I can be punished or rewarded like a dog for my actions at some other time?

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respect your courage and honesty, you have accepted your end and made peace with it. I wish everyone would face things as unflinchingly as you have. That being said, I will also point out that you have accepted the unacceptable, being willing to give up existing. What if there is an alternative?

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What's so unacceptable about it. I didn't exist before, and it didn't really bother me. If I don't exist again, I doubt I'll mind that much.If there's an alternative, then I guess I'll experience the alternative. Do I have a choice in this matter? I wasn't aware.The 72 virgins in heaven doesn't seem too shabby. And I want lots of Coca-Cola and Goldfish, a good ultimate frisbee game everyonce in a while, some books, family, friends, etc.