“If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.”- Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace
Peace begins within. If we are at peace within ourselves, we exude harmony also around us; we become channels of reconciliation and love.
It is not merely with a dialogue with others that peace begins. Peace begins long before we even talk with others. It starts in our own hearts.
We may remember those times when we are just so happy and at peace with ourselves that a smile shines from our face even while we’re alone. Soon, others see that smile and we start to make others feel good as well. That’s when peace begins.
When a man’s ways please the LORD,
he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
-Proverbs 16:7, WEB
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"Of Waves and Butterflies: Poems on Grief", "Mend My Broken Heart", "Questions to God", "To Love an Invisible God", "Defending My Catholic Faith", and more - click here.
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