Friday, December 30, 2011

Day Eightteen


“Peace comes about through the changes of our perspective of the worldview.”

Peace. It’s such a lovely ideal. I used to dream of a word in which peace was more common than war. I suppose I still do, but my mind no longer entertains the idea like it used to.

My perspective of peace changed a bit recently. When I was younger, I thought of peace on global terms, as if that was the only thing that mattered. World peace; it’s a little naive, and a lot impossible. There will always be someone who wants more, and that desire for more will escalate to ridiculous levels if people allow it to.
But peace can exist. Peace can exist within families and neighbors, community groups and local clubs. Through this peace, we learn acceptance, love, and respect for those around us. This mutual respect will breed a desire to help in whatever ways we are able, which will lead to cooperation, which leads to peace.

It’s too late for me to have deeper thoughts than this at the moment.

Blessed be.

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