Sometimes achieving peace without begins within. It begins with reconciling our heart with our head, facing head on those things we might rather avoid. It means taking a personal inventory of our behaviors and choices; making amends with those we have hurt or been hurt by. It means meeting others where they are and as [...]
Tag: Peace
On Forgiveness and Thanksgiving
If gratitude is the wellspring of peace, love and joy, it begins with forgiveness and the willingness to let go of what's past, to create new space for growth. So often we hold on to the past, allowing our grievances and grudges to color our world and those people in it. If we're not careful, [...]
On Being Ourselves…
Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is to simply be ourselves; to sit in centered stillness, void of our masks, labels, and other outer adornments of success. Yet it is this very willingness to be vulnerable; this willingness to seek radical acceptance from within, that enables deep connection with others and the possibility of true [...]
Acceptance
During my daughter's preschool and early elementary days, when daily cries of 'that's unfair' and 'Johnny got more' were prevalent among her classmates, she learned an expression from her teacher that has always stuck with her: "You get what you get and you don't get upset." Lately that expression has been on my mind. How [...]
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