29 December 2021 — TO BRING PEACE TO THE EARTH STRIVE TO MAKE YOUR OWN LIFE PEACEFUL

I am unable to credit the above saying. I have taken it from a hanging on the wall but it certainly makes sense. And another blog about peace!

Making our own lives peaceful is NOT as easy as it might sound as it requires us to be aware of our feelings and the thoughts which arise upon those feelings and to let them rise and fall restraining the mind from going over and over the incident upon which they arose in the first place.

Making our own lives peaceful requires us, of course, to be aware of our angry disgruntled feelings and thoughts without indulging them and more to the point it requires us to FORGIVE and FORGET which again most of us do not find easy.

It can be quite startling to realise that each of us individually plays such a big role in bringing PEACE TO THE EARTH!

PONDER POINTS: my feelings on reading the above are ….my thoughts on reading the above are …..the times I remember when I have not been able to control my temper are ….. the times i remember when I was able to forgive and forget in the moment were …..