Peace is the Way

[majestyjo]

One More Day

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

– A. J. Muste

So often we look for the easy answers and quick remedies. We want to reach our goals — now. Whatever we’re looking for (peace, love, acceptance) we may be making the mistake of seeing these qualities as concrete, hold-in-my-hand goals.

Gradually, we’re coming to the understanding that those qualities we seek are not destinations; they are paths and directions; we can consiously take. We can’t go out and find love, but we can choose to be loving. There is no path to peace or to acceptance or to understanding, but we can base our lives on these qualities, and by doing so we claim them.

What I seek may already be within my soul.

[caressa222]

This was hard for me. Most of my life was about chaos. It got so that if things got too quiet, I was the one who would cause the chaos to stir things up.

It took a lot of practice to be quiet and be with myself. It helped that I was told that the Source of my God come from within and I need to connect to that Spirit and I had to be quiet and listen. A hard task for someone whose father said her tongue was attached in the middle and wagged from both ends. So I had a lot to quiet down to get through to who I see as my God in today.

People have said that they will pray for me. I tell them that is nice, but I do have a direct line. My God already knows what is going on with me. It wouldn't hurt for someone to put a word in His Ear, there are days like today, I need all the prayers I can get.

[majestyjo]

It is nice to find yourself in a quiet space when there is chaos all around. That happened tonight at the meeting after the meeting. About a dozen young people around me, and there was me 50+ years old than them sitting quietly eating her chilli and cheese tea biscuits at Tim Horton's.