It Will Get Better. I Promise

 

Hello,

It has been a very weird nine months hasn’t it. Most likely you haven’t been quite as stuck in the house as I have. It has given a lot of us a chance to reboot and look at, re-evaluate our lives.

Are we content? Do we want to change things in our lives, or the lives of others? Are we at peace as we stretch into the Holiday season? Have we taken the time to enjoy new habits, improve those old talents? Learn new ones? Or have we watched anger swirl into our souls?

Here are some things to think about on the cold dark days of winter. Happy Thanksgiving and Peace to all.

Inner Peace Quotes:

• “Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.” —Dalai Lama
• “Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “If you are depressed you are living in the past if you are anxious you are living in the future, if you are at peace, you are living in the present.” —Lao Tzu
• "Peace can become a lens through which you see the world. Be it. Live it. Radiate it out. Peace is an inside job." —Wayne Dyer

Calming Peace Quotes:

•  “Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.” —Thich Nhat Hanh
•  “Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They're just reminders to stay ... calm.” —Yves Behar
• “Peace begins with a smile.” —Mother Teresa

Inspirational Peace Quotes:

•  “You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.” —J. Donald Walters
•  “No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for 'we' are the only thinkers in our mind. When we create peace and harmony and balance in our minds, we will find it in our lives.” —Louise L. Hay
• "Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." —Albert Einstein

World Peace Quotes:

• “When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.” —Jimi Hendrix
• “Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that supports everyone. But it is also securing the space for others to contribute the best that they have and all that they are.” —Hafsat Abiola
•  “Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division.” —John Lewis
• "When you make peace with yourself, you make peace with the world." —Maha Ghosananda
• “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” —Desmond Tutu
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• Stay healthy and happy.

Peace Like a River

 

The year is ending, Let it go 

2020’s been full of woe

What has been done with this year

I don’t know,

I don’t remember.

A train wreck going at warp speed through months of fear and trepidation.

I don’t remember anything from January to March because I’ m feeling old.

Nor do I remember anything from March till October for it was filled with fear and angst.

November, standing on my threshold, barefooted and with trembling lip, wonders….will it be worth it?

Does this sound familiar? Does your life feel like your life has been turned upside down. I guess we could just turn off our    media and stop reading newspapers. I think I have turned into a news junkie. I have discovered CNN

First thing in the morning, even before breakfast I have the computer on to see what has happened over night. But oh how I miss the olden days when I could lie in the grass , listen to the birds, and watch the clouds float by. I had no cares in the world, well, except getting my homework done. Why can’t everyone just behave like I want them too?

But, Oh, the responsibility!

I need to turn over responsibility, act with faith, and as Michael McLean wrote in his song, “Which Part is Mine,”

      Which part is mine? And God, which part is yours?
Could you tell me one more time, cause I'm never quite sure
And I won't cross the line like I have before.
But it gets so confusing sometimes.
Should I do more or trust the divine.
Could you please tell me which part is mine and which part is yours?

Trusting in God is my goal that I might find Peace.

   Peace
Peace, flowing
Like a river through the canyons
Of my existence
Reaches up
Catches my attention—

Willing me to flee
Tension.
Fear.
Pain.
Bringing me
Home
To God
Again.