Wednesday: Season of Peace

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.

How do I find peace within? Certainly not be looking out. If I am caught up in all the good, the bad, and the ugly of the world I will seldom find a sense of deep inner peace and connection with the divine.

If I am caught up in expectations that are totally unrealistic about holidays, jobs, having the right clothes, having a perfect family and so forth, then peace, deep abiding peace, will evade me.

The only way any of us can turn a season of discontent into a season of peace is to accept that our purpose and definition of value in life is under our control.

It has been written that pain is unavoidable but suffering is a choice. Suffering is a reaction to some thing that causes discomfort. Chaos and anger and negative energies are painful but I do not have to suffer them. To have peace, everlasting awe inspiring peace, one must recognize that one always has a choice to walk away from that which makes one feel that one must suffer. Now it is true over time and aging there will be events and physical issues that will create pain but if I have established a place in my soul, in my spirit, that is at peace within me than I will not suffer. While there is a season and a reason for everything under the sun, within my heart I choose to live always in a season of peace.