When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
If there's no inner peace, people can't give it to you. The husband can't give it to you. Your children can't give it to you. You have to give it to you.
We can't help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water. Milk drinkers draw close to the mother. Muslims, christians, jews, buddhists, hindus, shamans, everyone hears the intelligent sound and moves with thirst to meet it.