Finding Peace

“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Where is peace to be found? On a hillside, by a lake or the ocean, in a garden, in nature? Yes, all of those but it can be found equally within. We find it in these quite locations because we allow the outward setting to affect us. The ionized air of the ocean seems to demand a deeper breath than we usually take. We say scenery is breathtaking! And it is and we do.

Yet it is possible to take that breath anywhere at anytime. Just today I could feel mild anxiety weighing on me and I wanted to push it aside and get on with things. It was a nuisance to me, unwanted, burdensome, old and unproductive. Doing battle with it was just adding to the tasks of my already busy day. I wanted to be rid of it.

Knowing as I do that what we resist persists I realized I had to go with it and so I turned and faced it taking a deep breath and saying OK, what are you? As I allowed myself to feel it and breathe deeply, being with it for a moment or two, it had already gone. For it really was a shadow with no substance. I affirmed God as my source and I moved on feeling light and free and at peace.

The peace we feel in nature is simply nature reflecting what is already present. Peace is here and now fully present for you to experience. Be breathtaking today and know that you are peace.

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”

Buddha (563-483 B.C.)