People throughout the earth have been, and are praying for God’s blessing to bring us peace and end strife in our world. Praying for peace is important for all of us to do, but we must also make conscious daily choices to be peaceful within ourselves and with those around us. We need to be acutely aware that the struggles, and fights we wage within ourselves and with others add to the unrest and disharmony of our planet. Too often we have let peace remain an ideal rather than a way of life that we put into practice in each moment, with each breath, and in each thought. Peace is not passive. It is an active decision that requires attention and response. True peace results from communion with God. It is in this connection that we find an unshakeable knowing that what we cannot do of ourselves, is possible through the One that embraces us all. Peace is an act of grace. By opening to God’s love we are lifted to new heights from where we can see others, ourselves and life with greater compassion and kindness. The only path through which we can bring peace into the world is through our own being. Preparing ourselves to be a vessel of peace is a practice and a discipline that involves the power of the heart, the strength of the mind and the depth of the soul. Practicing peace changes your life and the lives of those around you. We all must begin within ourselves by asking and seeking what is peaceful in all that we do. The unrest, hateful attitudes, and warring factions that are presented to us at every turn have the potential to knock us off center and send us reeling down a path of fear, self-protection and separation. We will not find our way through the crises of our time in isolation. We need each other to practice the way of peace in ourselves so we can find a way to practice it with our families, communities and among nations. The time is now. Let us walk the way of peace together.
By Paula Becker
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