Thanks to Daily Om
Peace starts within us. We cannot bring to the world what we do not have to offer.
Often we look at the outside world and find it in a state of seeming chaos or disorder. We feel compelled to transform the situation from one of turmoil into one of peace, yet we are often disappointed in our best attempts to do so.
Guest blog post by Brenda Slavin,
Coach and Creator of Elements of Your Life
Ironically, the time we crave inner peace the most, is when our circumstances peak at their very worse.
We find ourselves getting caught up in the stress, anxiety, and worry as a result of our circumstances.
A prayer attributed to St. Theresa of Lisieux:
May today there be peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
In war we often see only the frontline stories of soldiers and combat.
AT TEDGlobal 2010, Zainab Salbi tells powerful "backline" stories of women who keep everyday life going during conflicts, and calls for women to have a place at the negotiating table once fighting is over.
An amazing talk by an amazing woman...
Susan notes: See the end for attribution.
For the longest time, it seemed to me that my life was just about to start. My real life; the one in which I would be happy.
But there was always seemed to be some obstacle along the way, an ordeal to get through, work to be finished, time to be given, bills to be paid.